Even though European labor markets are characterized by high average unemployment, there is a shortage of high-skilled labor, leading many European economists to argue for an immigration policy directed at actively recruiting highly qualified workers from abroad. It has further been argued that...

Even though European labor markets are characterized by high average unemployment, there is a shortage of high-skilled labor, leading many European economists to argue for an immigration policy directed at actively recruiting highly qualified workers from abroad. It has further been argued that...

Ausländische Arbeitskräfte hatten bzw. haben unterschiedliche Funktionen auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Diejenigen, die in den 60er und frühen 70er Jahren angeworben wurden, schlossen Lücken in Teilen des produzierenden Gewerbes. Sie verfügen in der Regel über einen durchschnittlich...

This paper deals with the question of whether migrants in Germany pay a rent premium for apartments of comparable quality and neighborhood characteristics. We use a twostep selection-correction model augmented by a control function to account for nonrandom neighborhood choice. The estimation...