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Unemployment Benefits and Immigration: Evidence from the EU

Giulietti, Corrado; Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on immigration. A sample of 19 European countries observed over … immigration flows from EU and non-EU origins. While OLS estimates reveal the existence of a moderate correlation for non … zero causal impact of UBS on immigration. All estimates for immigrants from EU origins indicate that flows within the EU …

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Immigration and large banknotes

Fischer, Andreas M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

natives. This result means that immigration reduces seigniorage (per person) as measured by banknote orders. A 1% increase in …

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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity - A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States

García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Abstract: This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive –...

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Immigration and Swiss House Prices

Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices to immigration flows for 85 districts from 2001 to 2006. The … results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price inflation and … modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1% of an area’s population is coincident with an increase in prices …

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Native Wage Impacts of Foreign Labour: A Random Effects Panel Analysis

Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

stylized description of the past West German immigration problem. Examining the wage functions of white and blue collar natives …

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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Immigrant Labour and Workplace Safety

Bauer, Thomas; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Using standard as well as recently developed univariate and bivariate count data models, this paper analyses the determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation, introduced partly as early as in 1869 and the...

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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...

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