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We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and …
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, the role of immigration has been put forward as a driving factor among others. Increased immigration affects supply and … prices of household services, which are relevant for fertility and employment decisions. This paper analyses the effect of … immigration on labour supply and fertility of native women in the UK, with a focus on the role of immigration on household …
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Recent European Legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … immigration quotas. On the other hand, there is an increase of regularization, i.e., European policies are becoming less tight …. Our aim here is to study these counterbalanced and opposite policies in European immigration legislation in a unified …
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The paper investigates the determinants of ethnic heterogeneity of the Italian provinces. Among other factors, the paper tests empirically whether gradual improvements in distant communication boost the generation of ethnically heterogeneous provinces. Consequently to easier communication,...
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Does interacting product and labor market regulation alter the impact of immigration on wages of competing native … reunification and allowing for endogenous immigration, we compare native wage reactions across different segments of the West German … labor market: one segment without product and labor market regulation, to which standard immigration models best apply, one …
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Empirical evidence for the US shows that migrants increase the productivity of regions. To explain the impact of migrants on the average firm productivity we construct a general equilibrium model with monopolistic competition a la Melitz (2003). We consider heterogeneous firms with different...
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With the German Microcensus we study the second generation's educational attainment in Germany focusing on the descendants of classic labour migrants. Our results show that educational outcomes in terms of attending or completing the highest schooling track leading to the Abitur considerably...
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How many 'American jobs' have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … immigration does not, but rather reduces the share of offshored jobs instead. Moreover, since both phenomena have a positive 'cost …
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immigrants. In this study we analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment … training increases the employment probability of individuals with migration background who participated in 2014 by …
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's earnings, wage, and employment loss after a mass layoff in comparison to a matched, nondisplaced, control worker. We find that … migrants face substantially higher earnings losses than natives due to both higher wage and employment losses. Differences in … but not the employment gap after displacement. Laid-off migrants are both less likely to become reemployed and work fewer …
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