There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and second-generation occupational choice and mobility is … like Germany occupations also reflect a general socio-economic standing. This Paper looks at the patterns of employment in … Germany, analyses how individual men and women access jobs given their family background, and investigates why men and women …

This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich … survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that … reservation wages increase from first to second generation migrants. Two extensions of the basic job search model, namely an …

A number of studies have established a positive effect of migrants' language proficiency on their productivity. It has …. Using panel data on immigrants in Germany, we show that in self-reported measures of language proficiency measurement error … accurate estimate of language effects is important since it has potentially important implications for migration policies …

German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native born West Germans. Ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Europe …Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects … from East Germany. Similar to foreign guest-workers, German immigrants are more likely to work in blue collar jobs; they do …

Using a large new data set, we analyse the labour market performance of Portuguese workers in Germany. While previous … work compares wages and characteristics of migrants only to those of natives, we match the data also with an equivalent … survey from the sending country. We find that Portuguese migrants as a whole are negatively selected with the exception of …