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What Explains Immigrant-Native Gaps in European Labor Markets: The Role of Institutions
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The role of institutions in immigrant integration remains underexplored in spite of its essential significance for integration policies. This paper adopts the Varieties of Capitalism framework to study the institutional determinants of Immigrant-Native gaps in host labor markets. Using the EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168438
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A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority Integration
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777138
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The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Link, Susanne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151019
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Active Inclusion of Immigrants in Poland
Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
emigration-immigration country. The latter, namely immigration, was boosted by the European Union membership and by stable and … immigration policy and also its analysis are still scarce. In this paper we try to present and discuss the available information … on immigration to Poland and instruments of integration policy in the context of the existing institutional framework. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539174
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European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
of an immobile labour force and the eurosklerosis phenomenon. In such a situation, an economically motivated immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762080
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First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany - What Do We Know and What Do People Think
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Mikrozensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822023
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The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings
Miaari, Sami H.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings. We quantify the conflict by the frequency of temporary closures of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the number of overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822079
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The Income Portfolio of Immigrants in Germany - Effects of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation Or: Who Gains from Income Re-Distribution?
Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to ethnic origin of immigrants as compared to the native born German population. In addition, winners and losers of the re-distribution process, induced by the tax and social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822110
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Naturalisation and Socioeconomic Integration: The Case of the Netherlands
Bevelander, Pieter; Veenman, Justus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper investigates Dutch immigrants’ naturalisation decision and how naturalisation affects their employment chances and wages in the Netherlands. The population under consideration consists mainly of refugees from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and former Yugoslavia, and a minority of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822125
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A Theory of Immigration Amnesties
Epstein, Gil S.; Weiss, Avi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper presents a first attempt at understanding some of the many issues involved in the granting of an amnesty to illegal immigrants. We consider government behavior with respect to allocations on limiting infiltration (border control) and apprehending infiltrators (internal control) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822134