Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34589 
Year of Publication: 
2007
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IZA Discussion Papers No. 2810
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper documents whether female East-West migrants in Germany after the reunification experience a gain or a disadvantage after they moved compared to both stayers and males. It employs panel data techniques to take account of unobserved heterogeneity. I find that migrant women after migration neither experience a drop in relative employment, nor lower relative hourly wages. They do, however, work less hours and have a lower annual income. The results also suggest that for them, the income effect dominates the substitution effect and they substitute market work with home production, specifically with childcare.
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Working Paper

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