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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'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287579
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Convergence or Divergence?: Immigrant Wage Assimilation Patterns in Germany
Zibrowius, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 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'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896279
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Television role models and fertility: Evidence from a natural experiment
Bönisch, Peter; Hyll, Walter - 2015
In this paper we study the effect of television exposure on fertility. We exploit a natural experiment that took place … in lower fertility. This conclusion is robust to alternative model specifications and data sets. Our results imply that … individual fertility decisions are affected by role models or information about other ways of life promoted by media. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516282
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Television Role Models and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Bönisch, Peter; Hyll, Walter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
In this paper we study the effect of television exposure on fertility. We exploit a natural experiment that took place … in lower fertility. This conclusion is robust to alternative model specifications and data sets. Our results imply that … individual fertility decisions are affected by role models or information about other ways of life promoted by media. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277342
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With strings attached: Grandparent-provided child care and female labor market outcomes
García-Morán, Eva; Kuehn, Zoë - 2013
grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor force participation of women positively. However, grandparent … provide child care. We build a model of residence choice, fertility, and female labor force participation that can account for … level, fertility and mothers' labor force participation would increase, while mobility would remain unchanged. The absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327583
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With Strings Attached: Grandparent-Provided Child Care and Female Labor Market Outcomes
García-Morán, Eva; Kuehn, Zoë - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor force participation of women positively. However, grandparent … provide child care. We build a model of residence choice, fertility, and female labor force participation that can account for … level, fertility and mothers' labor force participation would increase, while mobility would remain unchanged. The absence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150884
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015189274
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Holding the door slightly open: Germany's migrants' return intentions and realizations
Sallam, Hend - 2023
Return migration intentions are complex and are not necessarily followed by future return migration. Our study compares successful return or repeated migration with self-declared return intentions. We take advantage of the latest German Socio-Economic Panel survey dropout studies and fieldwork...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014301217
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475153
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Bitterness in life and attitudes towards immigration
Poutvaara, Panu; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2015
Integration of immigrants is a two-way process, the success of which depends both on immigrants and on natives. We provide new evidence on the determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration, using data from the 2005 and 2010 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel. In particular, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439790