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Migration and wage-setting: reassessing the labor market effects of migration

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - 2009

This paper employs a wage-setting approach to analyze the labor market effects of immigration into Germany. The wage-setting framework relies on the assumption that wages tend to decline with the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This enables us to consider labor market rigidities, which...

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Migration and the Wage-Settings Curve: Reassessing the Labor Market Effects of Migration.

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Nationalökonomisk Institut, Institut for Økonomi - 2008

In this paper we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany on basis of a wage-setting curve. The wage … one to derive the wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a gen- eral equilibrium framework. Using … effects of migration are moderate: a 1 percent increase in the German labor force through immigration increases the aggregate …

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Migration and Wage-Setting: Reassessing the Labor Market Effects of Migration

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

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Migration and the Wage Curve: A Structural Approach to Measure the Wage and Employment Effects of Migration

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on … wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a general equilibrium framework. For the empirical analysis we … vocational degree. The wage and employment effects of migration are moderate: a 1 percent increase in the German labor force …

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Conflict-Induced Displacement and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kondylis, Florence - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

This study uses a longitudinal data source to study the effects of conflict-induced displacement on labour market outcomes for Bosnians in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. To account for endogeneity in the displacement status, I exploit the fact that the level of violence in the pre-war...

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Conflict-induced displacement and labour market outcomes: evidence from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kondylis, Florence - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

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Self-Employment and Geographical Mobility in Germany

Reuschke, Darja - 2011

Little is known about the individual location behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...

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Differences in opportunities? Wage, unemployment and House-price effects on migration

Rabe, Birgitta; Taylor, Mark - 2010

Most empirical studies of individual migration choice analyse factors associated with out-migration from an origin … location. In contrast, we model the migration decision within the context of potential destinations, combining British panel … prices levels (but not growth) are important determinants of household migration. Regional differences in expected individual …

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The Determinants of Regional Migration in Great Britain: A Duration Approach

Andrews, Martyn J.; Clark, Ken; Whittaker, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

of interregional migration in Great Britain. By exploiting retrospective information on residency we control for late …

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East-West Migration and Gender: Is there a "Double Disadvantage" vis-à-vis Stayers?

Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

heterogeneity. I find that migrant women after migration neither experience a drop in relative employment, nor lower relative hourly …

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