Migration and economic conditions in the EU: a case study of immigrants in Germany

• Authors: Pavlína Jandová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper uses the case study of Germany to demonstrate the importance of education for local citizens and immigrants. Moreover, it compares the situation of migrants in Germany originating from the EU Member States and from the third countries. A unique dataset from 2009 comprising the microdata on a panel of German citizens and migrants obtained from SOEP allowed this comparison. The results show that the openness of the EU seems to influence the inter-EU migration. In addition, the hypothesis that the education is an important factor that influences the wages is confirmed for the locals and migrants alike. Furthermore, it seems that education represents a more important for the citizens of other EU Member States in their life and work in Germany.

Keywords

EN

migration; European Union; education; Mincer’s equation panel; microdata; Germany

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: University Service Publishing, Prague, Czech Republic
• Journal: International Economics Letters
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-49

Contributors

author

Pavlína Jandová

• Redakce IEL, Univerzitní servis, s.r.o., Trnkovo nám. 1112/2, 152 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic