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The Purpose of Remittances – Evidence from Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias G. - 2009

This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular attention is paid to migrants' savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who intend to stay in Germany only temporarily have a higher...

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The Purpose of Remittances – Evidence from Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias G. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009

This paper examines the purpose of remittances using individual data of migrants in Germany. Particular attention is paid to migrants’ savings and transfers to family members in the home country. Our findings indicate that migrants who intend to stay in Germany only temporarily have a higher...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036045

Determinants of Savings and Remittances – Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany

Sinning, Mathias - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2007

This paper investigates the determinants of migrants’ financial transfers to their home country using German data.A double-hurdle model is applied to analyze the determinants of the propensity to send transfers abroad and the amount of transfers.The findings reveal that return intentions...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738722

People's Attitudes and the Effects of Immigration to Australia

Sinning, Mathias; Vorell, Matthias - 2011

This paper compares the effects of immigration flows on economic outcomes and crime levels to the public opinion about these effects using individual and regional data for Australia. We employ an instrumental variables strategy to account for non-random location choices of immigrants and find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287364

People‘s Attitudes and the Eff ects of Immigration to Australia

Sinning, Mathias; Vorell, Matthias - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011

This paper compares the eff ects of immigration fl ows on economic outcomes and crime levels to the public opinion about these eff ects using individual and regional data for Australia. We employ an instrumental variables strategy to account for non-random location choices of immigrants and fi...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246534

Job Security and Fertility: Evidence from German Reunification

Klemm, Marcus - 2012

German reunification to study empirically the relationship between job security and fertility. The civil servant … security and fertility emerges for men, the paper demonstrates a clear link between labor market and demographic outcomes for … causal impact of job security on fertility. It shows that female civil servants are not primarily a selected group of very …

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Job Security and Fertility: Evidence from German Reunification

Klemm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598392

Determinants of Savings and Remittances – Empirical Evidence from Immigrants to Germany

Sinning, Mathias - 2007

This paper investigates the determinants of migrants' financial transfers to their home country using German data.A double-hurdle model is applied to analyze the determinants of the propensity to send transfers abroad and the amount of transfers.The findings reveal that return intentions...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264695

Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023

We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms' likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on...

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Migration response to an immigration shock: Evidence from Russia's aggression against Ukraine

Zuchowski, David - 2023

Russia's attacks against Ukraine have triggered massive and unexpected migration movements. In this paper, I examine the impact of the inflow of Ukrainians that resulted from Russia's aggression in 2014 on local migration patterns in Poland. For identification, I use an instrumental variable...

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