Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany

Leilanie Basilio, Thomas Bauer () and Mathias Sinning ()

No 38, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West Germany, we do not find evidence for such a specialization strategy. We further examine the labor supply and wage assimilation of families whose members immigrated together relative to families whose members immigrated sequentially. Our estimates indicate that this differentiation is relevant for the analysis of the labor market activities of migrant households.

Keywords: International migration; assimilation; family investment hypothesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 F22 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 p.
Date: 2007
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hrm and nep-mig
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Journal Article: Analyzing the labor market activity of immigrant families in Germany (2009)
Working Paper: Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany (2007)
Working Paper: Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany (2007)
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