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Professor Amelie F. Constant is the Program Director of Migration at IZA since 2011, and the founding co-editor of the IZA Journal of Migration since 2012. She is also a visiting professor at the George Washington University and at Temple University. Professor Constant is on the board of directors of the nonprofits Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Associated Professions (AIRLEAP) and the Society of Government Economists (SGE). She was the founding director of DIWDC and on the board of directors, an American independent, nonprofit, economics think tank that engaged in educational and research activities as well as in transatlantic relations (2006-2013). Among her tasks was the supervising and educating of five cohorts of graduate students from the DIW Graduate Center.
Professor Constant's research interests are in international migration, immigrant assimilation issues, gendered differences in labor market outcomes, occupational mobility, labor market segmentation, immigrant entrepreneurship in an intercountry setting, minorities and schooling quality and earnings. Her latest work deals with ethnic diversity, national identities, ethnic self-identification, risk attitudes, brain drain and remittances. She has conducted research and published papers on Markov-chain based models and queuing theory to study various demanding applications, resource allocation, and immigrant assimilation. While most of her empirical research is on migration in Germany, she has also done research on migration in France, Denmark, Italy, Greece and other EU countries, as well as the U.S.
As a scholar in the economics of migration, Professor Constant has been working in the field for fifteen years. She has written over fifty refereed articles and book chapters and has won several awards for them. She is the co-editor of the International Handbook of the Economics of Migration, the book How Labor Migrants Fare?, a volume of Research in Labor Economics, and a special issue of the Journal of International Manpower. Her research has been funded by several foundations. She has been invited to present her research at many institutions and to deliver keynotes. She has also been invited to talk at migration policy panels, and has written twenty five other reports and op-ed pieces on migration issues.
Professor Constant serves on the editorial board of Applied Economics Quarterly and has been on the scientific committee of several international congresses. She is also a Research Fellow of IZA and RIIM Canada, and was a senior visiting fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in Washington, DC in 2006. She has served as referee to many scientific peer review journals and grant proposals, to Ph.D. students, and to tenure positions and promotions.
As a professor, Constant has fifteen years of experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in economics. She has served as a visiting Professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Drexel University. She was also the Vice Dean of the DIW Berlin Graduate School and was in charge of the graduate students in DC from 2007-2011.
As an extra service to the profession, Professor Constant has organized about fifty international conferences and events with great success.
Professor Constant received her Ph.D. in Labor Economics and Econometrics from Vanderbilt University in 1998, and had her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She has a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece, and an M.A. in Economic Development from the University of Paris II, France.
Professor Constant joined IZA as a research fellow in 2002. Since then, she has contributed 46 discussion papers, 3 policy papers, and 3 reports. In 2004, she co-founded the Migration area at IZA and the Annual Migration Meeting with the Julian Simon Lecture and became the deputy of the area. |
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IZA Discussion Papers:
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Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Immigrants, Ethnic Identities and the Nation-State
(forthcoming in: A. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann, International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013.) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Olga Nottmeyer
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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The Economics of Circular Migration
(forthcoming in: A. Constant, K. F. Zimmermann, International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013.) |
| 6630 |
Alpaslan Akay
Amelie F. Constant
Corrado Giulietti
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The Impact of Immigration on the Well-Being of Natives
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Sizing It Up: Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27
(published in: Scribani International Conference Proceedings, Bruylant: Belgium, 2012, 49-77) |
| 5650 |
Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Jingzhou Meng
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
(published in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2013, 22 (79), 109-130. [Open Access]) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Martin Kahanec
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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An Expert Stakeholder's View on European Integration Challenges
(published in: M. Kahanec and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011, 31 - 54) |
| 5396 |
Amelie F. Constant
Annabelle Krause
Ulf Rinne
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
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Amelie F. Constant
Annabelle Krause
Ulf Rinne
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Economic Preferences and Attitudes of the Unemployed: Are Natives and Second Generation Migrants Alike?
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 825-851) |
| 5353 |
Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
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African Leaders: Their Education Abroad and FDI Flows
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| 4675 |
Amelie F. Constant
Olga Nottmeyer
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Cultural Integration in Germany
(published in: Yann Algan, Alberto Bisin, Alan Manning and Thierry Verdier (eds.): Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe, Oxford: OUP, 2012, Chapter 3 ) |
| 4660 |
Amelie F. Constant
Martin Kahanec
Ulf Rinne
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Ethnicity, Job Search and Labor Market Reintegration of the Unemployed
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 753-776) |
| 4620 |
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Integration
(published in: M. N. Jovanovic (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Integration, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2011, 145 - 168) |
| 4615 |
Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
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Brainy Africans to Fortress Europe: For Money or Colonial Vestiges?
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| 4275 |
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Work and Money: Payoffs by Ethnic Identity and Gender
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 3 - 30) |
| 3650 |
Amelie F. Constant
Martin Kahanec
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Attitudes towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 5-14) |
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 145-162) |
| 3325 |
Amelie F. Constant
Elena D'Agosto
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Where Do the Brainy Italians Go?
(published in: F.E. Caroleo and F. Pastore (eds.), The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargement, Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 2010) |
| 3260 |
Amelie F. Constant
Liliya Gataullina
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Naturalization Proclivities, Ethnicity and Integration
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 70-82) |
| 3063 |
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on Economic Behavior
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (2-3), 424-433) |
| 3050 |
Amelie F. Constant
Rowan Roberts
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
(published in: Urban Studies, 2009, 46 (9), 1879-1898) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Circular Migration: Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country
(published as 'Circular and Repeat Migration: Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2011, 30 (4), 495-515) |
| 2537 |
Holger Bonin
Amelie F. Constant
Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity
(substantially revised version published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2012, 1, Article 5 [Open Access]) |
| 2535 |
Laura Zimmermann
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Amelie F. Constant
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Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants
(published in: International Migration Review, 2007, 41 (3), 769-781) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Martin Kahanec
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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The Russian-Ukrainian Political Divide
(published in: Eastern European Economics, 2011, 49 (6), 103–115) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Liliya Gataullina
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work
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| 2350 |
Amelie F. Constant
Liliya Gataullina
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Laura Zimmermann
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
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Amelie F. Constant
Martin Kahanec
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide
(published in: Economics of Transition, 2012, 20 (1), 1-35) |
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Laura Zimmermann
Liliya Gataullina
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants
(published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 98 (3), 235-239) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Liliya Gataullina
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Ethnosizing Immigrants
(substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 69(3), 274-287 [view leaflet]) |
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Holger Bonin
Amelie F. Constant
Konstantinos Tatsiramos
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Native-Migrant Differences in Risk Attitudes
(published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2009, 16 (15), 1581-1586) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants
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Spyros Konstantopoulos
Amelie F. Constant
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The Gender Gap Reloaded: Is School Quality Linked to Labor Market Performance?
(substantially revised version published as 'The gender gap reloaded: Are school characteristics linked to labor market performance?' in: Social Science Research, 2008, 37 (2), 374-385) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Immigrant Performance and Selective Immigration Policy: A European Perspective
(published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2005, 194 (1), 94-105) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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The Making of Entrepreneurs in Germany: Are Native Men and Immigrants Alike?
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2006, 26 (3), 279-300) |
| 1425 |
Spyros Konstantopoulos
Amelie F. Constant
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Gender Differences Across the Earnings Distribution: Evidence from NLS:86 & HSB:92
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Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives
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Immigrant versus Native Businesswomen: Proclivity and Performance
(substantially revised version published in: Kyklos, 2006, 59 (4), 465-480) |
| 975 |
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Occupational Choice Across Generations
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (4), 299-317) |
| 960 |
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Circular Movements and Time Away from the Host Country
(substantially revised version published as 'Circular and Repeat Migration: Counts of Exits and Years Away from the Host Country' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2011, 30 (4), 495-515) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Yochanan Shachmurove
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay? Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany
(published in: International Migration, 2007, 45 (4), 69-98) |
| 885 |
Amelie F. Constant
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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The Dynamics of Repeat Migration: A Markov Chain Analysis
(published in: International Migration Review, 2012, 46 (2), 361-387) |
| 879 |
Amelie F. Constant
Yochanan Shachmurove
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Entrepreneurial Ventures and Wage Differentials Between Germans and Immigrants
(published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27 (3), 208-229 ) |
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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives
(published in: K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know, Oxford: OUP, 2005) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Douglas S. Massey
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Labor Market Segmentation and the Earnings of German Guestworkers
(published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2005, 24 (6), 5-30) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Douglas S. Massey
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Self-Selection, Earnings, and Out-Migration: A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants to Germany
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 16 (4), 2003, 631-653) |
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Amelie F. Constant
Spyros Konstantopoulos
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School Effects and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Adults in the 1980s and 1990s
(published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 49 (1), 2003, 5-22) |
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IZA Policy Papers:
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Amelie F. Constant
Steffen Otterbach
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Work Hours Constraints: Impacts and Policy Implications
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Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?
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Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Jingzhou Meng
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China's Overt Economic Rise and Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
(substantially revised version published as 'China's Latent Human Capital Investment: achieving milestones and competing for the top' in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2013, 22 (79), 109-130. [Open Access]) |
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IZA Research Reports:
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Amelie F. Constant
Ulf Rinne
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Report No. 50: Labour Market Information for Migrants and Employers: The Case of Germany
Report prepared for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Bonn 2013 (30 pages)
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Amelie F. Constant
Bienvenue N. Tien
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Report No. 41: Germany's Immigration Policy and Labor Shortages
Report prepared for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Bonn 2011 (39 pages)
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Klaus F. Zimmermann
Martin Kahanec
Amelie F. Constant
Don J. DeVoretz
Liliya Gataullina
Anzelika Zaiceva
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Report No. 16: Study on the Social and Labour Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities
Report for the High Level Advisory Group on Social and Labour Market Integration of Ethnic Minorities and the European Commission, Bonn 2008 (166 pages)
[German version] (Studie über die soziale Eingliederung und Arbeitsmarktintegration ethnischer Minderheiten)
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