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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe: Who migrates where?

Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2020

We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and...

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Convergence or divergence? Immigrant wage assimilation patterns in Germany

Zibrowius, Michael - 2012

Using a rich panel data set, I estimate wage assimilation patterns for immigrants in Germany as an example of a key European destination country. This study contributes to the literature by performing separate estimations by skill groups. Comparisons with similar natives reveal that immigrants'...

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Convergence or Divergence?: Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany

Zibrowius, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

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The economics of temporary migrations

Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - 2015

Many migrations are temporary - a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants' economic behavior, generating possible consequences for...

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The Economics of Temporary Migrations

Dustmann, Christian; Görlach, Joseph-Simon - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

Many migrations are temporary – a fact that has often been ignored in the economic literature on migration. Such omission may be serious in that expected migration temporariness can impart a distinct dynamic element to immigrants’ economic behavior, generating possible consequences for...

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First time around: Local conditions and multi-dimensional integration of refugees

Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu; Schikora, Felicitas - 2020

We study the causal effect of local labor market conditions and attitudes towards immigrants at the time of arrival on refugees' multi-dimensional integration outcomes (economic, linguistic, navigational, political, psychological, and social). Using a unique dataset on refugees, we leverage a...

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Hate is too great a burden to bear: Hate crimes and the mental health of refugees

Graeber, Daniel; Schikora, Felicitas - 2021

Against a background of increasing violence against non-natives, we estimate the effect of hate crime on refugees' mental health in Germany. For this purpose, we combine two datasets: administrative records on xenophobic crime against refugee shelters by the Federal Criminal Office and the...

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Who is overeducated and why? Probit and dynamic mixed multinomial logit analyses of vertical mismatch in East and West Germany

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Schömann, Klaus - 2014

Overeducation is an often overlooked facet of untapped human resources. But who is overeducated and why? Relying on … SOEP data 1984 - 2011, we use probit models for estimating the likelihood of entering overeducation and dynamic mixed … checks we use three specifications of the target variable, i.e. realized matches, self-assessment and twofold overeducation …

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Who Is Overeducated and Why?: Probit and Dynamic Mixed Multinomial Logit Analyses of Vertical Mismatch in East and West Germany

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Schömann, Klaus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

Overeducation is an often overlooked facet of untapped human resources. But who is overeducated and why? Relying on … SOEP data 1984‐2011, we use probit models for estimating the likelihood of entering overeducation and dynamic mixed … checks we use three specifications of the target variable, i.e. realized matches, self‐assessment and twofold overeducation …

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Why do migrants stay unexpectedly? Misperceptions and implications for integration

Kaufmann, Marc; Machado, Joël; Verheyden, Bertrand - 2024

Empirical evidence suggests that the majority of immigrants who initially planned a temporary stay end up staying permanently in the host country. Since beliefs about the duration of stay are a strong determinant of integration, many long-term migrants may end up less than optimally integrated....

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