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The ambiguous role of ethnic context : a multi-level analysis of the relationship between group size and labor market integration of three immigrant groups in Germany

Scheller, Friedrich - 2017

The paper analyses the role of the relative regional group size for the labor market integration of three different ethnic groups in Germany. The analysis addresses the question of whether there is a consistent group size effect, or if group size functions differently for different immigrant...

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Labor market integration of migrants: Hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states

König, Jan; Skupnik, Christoph - 2012

We apply a monopoly trade union model and analyze employment, wage and budgetary effects of (i) an inflow of migrant workers and (ii) an increase in the labor market participation rate of migrants. Per assumption, natives and migrants solely differ with respect to the level of benefit claims in...

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Economic discrimination and cultural differences as barriers to migrant integration: Is reverse causality symmetric?

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...

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Education, gender, religion, politics: What priorities for cultural integration policies in Switzerland?

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

more, to gender-related behaviors in endogamous couples, it appears that migration-related gender issues and migration …

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PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes

Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - 2004

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national …, for all countries our estimations imply that for students with a migration background a key for catching up is the …

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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...

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Aliyah to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity

Neuman, Shoshana - 1999

?Operation Solomon?. What were the factors that drove this unprecedented migration of Jews from around the globe to Israel? Many … of the major international migration movements were largely economic in nature (the push of poverty or the pull of … migration, which reflects failure to absorb, is discussed, and the very different absorption policies of the 1950s and the 1990s …

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Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Germany – The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias

Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2007

Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal dataset, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four groups of foreign-born immigrants...

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Das enttäuschte Versprechen der Integration: Migrantennachkommen in Frankreich und Deutschland

Tucci, Ingrid; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2008

Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den sozialstrukturellen Voraussetzungen, die der Dynamik bzw. dem Ausbleiben von Protestverhalten zu Grunde liegen. Ausgehend von drei theoretischen Erklärungsansätzen wird empirisch anhand von repräsentativen Mikrodaten gezeigt, dass die Konzeption der...

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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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