, then, reflect both regional pay and employment differentials. In such a context, migrants tend to move to regions that best … its in-migrants. A higher employment inequality in Eastern as compared to Western Germany may, thus, be the missing link … to explain the fact that East-West migrants tend to be rather unskilled. …

assimilation for migrants in Germany by estimating fixed effects regressions for migrants and Germans separately. Based on the … migrants compared to native Germans by generating predictions and by averaging them by year. This approach allows to decompose … adjustment due to unobserved time-varying factors and age. If all migrants are tarred with the same brush (by pooling them into …

distributed across individuals in society? If migrants have lower education levels, when compared to current urban workers, then … the in ow of migrants will increase the skill wage gap in urban areas. Previous work on this topic has focused on … regional policies can lead to an increase (or decrease) in the number of rural to urban migrants. We use data the Brazilian …

an aggregate level. Especially the role of imperfect substitutability of migrants and natives gained importance. A new … workers: migrants are heavily concentrated in agglomerations and work in different jobs than natives do. This gives an … levels and two types of jobs for migrants and natives. Firms differ in the ability to employ migrants which gives rise to …