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dc.contributor.authorBauer, Thomas K.en
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Pedro Telhadoen
dc.contributor.authorVogler, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorZimmermann, Klaus F.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:17:24Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:17:24Z-
dc.date.issued1998-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20863-
dc.description.abstractUsing a large new dataset, we analyze the labor market performance of Portugueseworkers in Germany. While previous work compares wages and characteristics ofmigrants only to those of the natives, we match the data also with an equivalent surveyfrom the sending country. We find that Portuguese migrants as a whole are negativelyselected with the exception of blue-collar workers that are the greatest group amongthem. The observation that Portuguese migrants earn more than comparable Germansindicates that they have higher unobservable skills. Our results confirm theeffectiveness of the German guestworker systemen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x20en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.jelF22en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPortuguese migrationen
dc.subject.keywordself-selection of migrantsen
dc.subject.keywordlabor market performance of migrantsen
dc.subject.keywordmigration policyen
dc.subject.stwInternationale Arbeitsmobilitäten
dc.subject.stwPortugiesenen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwLohnen
dc.subject.stwHumankapitalen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titlePortuguese Migrants in the German Labor Market: Performance and Self-Selection-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn830119361en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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