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In this paper I assert that the entrepreneurial spirit can also exist in salaried jobs. I study the determinants of wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in these challenging jobs. Employing data from the German Socioeconomic Panel I estimate selection adjusted wage ...
In:
International Journal of Manpower
30 (2009), 1/2, 145 - 162
| Amelie F. Constant
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Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often perceived as irrational and suboptimal choices. Quantifying ethnic identity is a major issue; even more challenging ...
Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2014,
(IZA DP No. 8571)
| Amelie F. Constant
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Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2006,
(IZA DP No. 2420)
| Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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In:
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
69 (2009), 3, 274-287
| Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the determinants of naturalization of non-EU immigrant household heads with a fresh look at the role of integration and ethnicity. Design/methodology/approach - Employing data on immigrant household heads from the German Socioeconomic Panel differentiation is made among those who already have been naturalized, those who plan to take citizenship, and those ...
In:
International Journal of Manpower
30 (2009), 1/2, 70-82
| Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2006,
(IZA DP No. 2350)
| Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Laura Zimmerman
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Purpose – This paper seeks to shed further light on the native-migrant differences in economic outcomes. The aim is to investigate labor market reintegration, patterns of job search, and reservation wages across unemployed migrants and natives in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the IZA Evaluation Dataset, a recently collected rich survey of a representative sample of entrants ...
In:
International Journal of Manpower
32 (2011), 7, 753-776
| Amelie F. Constant, Martin Kahanec, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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This paper analyzes the reservation wages of first and second generation migrants. Based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that reservation wages increase from first to second generation migrants. Two extensions of the basic job search model, namely an unknown wage offer distribution and different ...
Berlin:
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin),
2010,
(DIW Discussion Paper No. 1089)
| Amelie F. Constant, Annabelle Krause, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Purpose – The aim of this paper is to study the economic effects of risk attitudes, time preferences, trust and reciprocity and to compare natives and second generation migrants. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on the IZA Evaluation Dataset, a recently collected survey of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany. The data include a large number of migrant-specific ...
In:
International Journal of Manpower
32 (2011), 7, 825-851
| Amelie F. Constant, Annabelle Krause, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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In:
International Migration
40 (2002), 4, 5-38
| Amelie F. Constant, Douglas S. Massey