Showing 1 - 10 of 948
and indirect role of migrants’ networks in accessing diverse labour market sectors: an analysis of the weak/ strong ties …This open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing … addresses key questions about the role of networks in migration contexts, particularly in relation to how migrants and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462881
This paper comparatively analyzes strategies of German Jobcenters to bring native and immigrant job seekers into employment. It focuses on clients who receive means-tested basic income for the unemployed, based on data from the Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) from year 2015...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368686
the migrants and economic growth of the states of origin and destination in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach Fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014418140
to the statistically significant effects of migrant networks on migrants' earnings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435501
The Uppsala Internationalization Process Model falls short in its ability to explain how emerging market firms internationalize. In this respect, the model needs to be enhanced through theoretical and empirical contributions. In this study, we aimed to increase the relationality of the model by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014515641
abound about Ankara's "long-arm" influence and the loyalties of Turkish migrants and their foreign-born children to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540199
We study the effect of finding a job through one's social contact on starting wages. Using combined SOEP-INKAR data for Germany and propensity score analysis - both matching and weighting - we document that referral hiring is associated with a wage penalty of 10%. This penalty is stable over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015329767
In this study we evaluate the effects of low-skilled immigration on small businesses, wages and employment in Germany. We develop a search and matching model with heterogeneous workers, cross-skill matching, and endogenous entry into entrepreneurship. The model is calibrated using German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015164399
considered the most vulnerable population. When there is no social policy, migrants are even more susceptible to the negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013199219
The study examines the long-run relationship between remittances and household consumption in Lesotho for the period 1991-2019 using the Johansen cointegration technique and the Engle-Granger Residual Approach. Despite remittances in Lesotho representing over 20% of GDP which is highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015394277