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Language skills and employment rate of refugees in Germany improving with time
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 4/6, pp. 49-61
Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees … shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with … little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees’ German skills have improved, as have their participation …
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Geflüchtete machen Fortschritte bei Sprache und Beschäftigung
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 86 (2019) 4, pp. 55-70
Die Migration von Schutzsuchenden nach Deutschland steht nach wie vor im Mittelpunkt der gesellschaftlichen Debatten. Die zweite Welle einer Längsschnittbefragung von Geflüchteten zeigt, dass es deutliche Integrationsfortschritte gibt, obwohl die Geflüchteten beim Zuzug zum Teil ungünstige...
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Language skills and employment rate of refugees in Germany improving with time
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 4/6, pp. 49-61
Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees … shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with … little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees' German skills have improved, as have their participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985424
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes: a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612599
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes : a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Τhe study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610894
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Can job search assistance improve the labour market integration of refugees? : evidence from a field experiment
Battisti, Michele; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018
refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the … refugees' CVs to employers. Results of follow-up phone surveys show a positive and significant treatment effect of 13 … percentage points on employment after twelve months. These effects are concentrated among low-educated refugees and those facing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924505
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Making New Zealand's economic growth more inclusive
Carey, David - 2015
New Zealand generally performs well in terms of economic and social inclusion. It has high employment rates, and education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material deprivation and multiple barriers to economic and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399645
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Health disparities across education : the role of differential reporting error
Cawley, John H.; Choi, Anna - 2015
One of the most robust findings in health economics is that higher-educated individuals tend to be in better health. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288528
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Cognitive development and infectious disease : gender differences in investments and outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2013
We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in Mexico in 1991 to investigate impacts of infant exposure on indicators of cognitive development and academic achievement in late childhood. We estimate that a one standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228782
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An examination of poverty and sexual orientation in the UK
Uhrig, S. C. Noah - 2014
Is there a link between sexuality and poverty? If so, has this relationship changed over time? What anti-poverty policies might be relevant to address issues related to sexuality and poverty? The report synthesises literature and adds top-line findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230513