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Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...

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German Job Mobility and Wages

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

framework. Firm tenure is no relevant determinant of earnings. Past mobility and sectoral and regional factors determine …

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Is Job Stability Declining in Germany? Evidences from Count Data Models

Winkelmann, Rainer; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

The macro evidence of increased adjustment pressure since the early seventies suggests that job mobility should have increased. Hence, retrospective and spell data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are combined in order to test the hypothesis that job stability for German workers declined...

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Occupational Mobility of Ethnic Migrants

Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

This paper studies occupational mobility of ethnic German migrants who have entered Germany since 1984. The empirical analysis suggests significant differences in the probability of downward occupational mobility by gender, immigration status, and schooling levels. In general, migrants with...

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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : Native men, turks, and other migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003

immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … Treiman prestige scale scores increase their earnings, for self-employed immigrant men it is the longevity of the business … that makes a difference. Everything else equal, the earnings of self-employed Turks are no different than the earnings of …

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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …

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China's latent human capital investment: Achieving milestones and competing for the top

Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - 2011

In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …

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Occupational choice across generations

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003

There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labor market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...

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Immigration Policy in Integrated National Economies

Bauer, Thomas K.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2000

Migration is an unavoidable aspect of globalization. While full flexibility is politically unfeasible, the paper argues for regulated openness. Migration in the age of globalization should be judged according to the labor market needs of the receiving countries. This would also serve best the...

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Human capital and ethnic self-identification of migrants

Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie F. - 2006

The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country

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