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Language skills and employment rate of refugees in Germany improving with time
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 4/6, pp. 49-61
Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees … shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with … little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees’ German skills have improved, as have their participation …
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Language skills and employment rate of refugees in Germany improving with time
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 4/6, pp. 49-61
Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees … shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with … little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees' German skills have improved, as have their participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985424
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Geflüchtete machen Fortschritte bei Sprache und Beschäftigung
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 86 (2019) 4, pp. 55-70
Die Migration von Schutzsuchenden nach Deutschland steht nach wie vor im Mittelpunkt der gesellschaftlichen Debatten. Die zweite Welle einer Längsschnittbefragung von Geflüchteten zeigt, dass es deutliche Integrationsfortschritte gibt, obwohl die Geflüchteten beim Zuzug zum Teil ungünstige...
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes: a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612599
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes : a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Τhe study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610894
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Can job search assistance improve the labour market integration of refugees? : evidence from a field experiment
Battisti, Michele; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018
refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the … refugees' CVs to employers. Results of follow-up phone surveys show a positive and significant treatment effect of 13 … percentage points on employment after twelve months. These effects are concentrated among low-educated refugees and those facing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924505
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Parental influences on health and longevity : lessons from a large sample of adoptees
Lindahl, Mikael; Lundberg, Evelina; Palme, Mårten; … - 2016
To what extent is the length of our lives determined by pre-birth factors? And to what extent is it affected by parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450717
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Socioeconomic inequity in excessive weight in Indonesia
Aizawa, Toshiaki; Helble, Matthias - 2016
Exploiting the Indonesian Family Life Survey, this paper studies the transition of socioeconomic related disparity of excess weight, including overweight and obesity, from 1993 to 2014. First, we show that the proportions of overweight and obese people in Indonesia increased rapidly during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471521
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The impact of government health and education expenditure on income inequality in European Union
Jianu, Ionuț - 2018
This research aims to provide an overview of the existing inequalities and their drivers in the member states of the European Union as well as their developements in the 2002-2008 and 2009- 2015 sub-periods. It also analyses the impact of health and education government spending on income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124341
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Personality and mental health : the role and substitution effect of emotional stability and conscientiousness
Wehner, Caroline; Schils, Trudie; Borghans, Lex - 2016
A growing number of economic studies show that low emotional stability is typically negatively related to socioeconomic outcomes, while conscientiousness predicts desirable results. However, possible mechanisms behind these relations are far less explored. Gaining insights into the mechanisms is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580810