TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Basilio, Leilanie
AU  - Bauer, Thomas K.
AU  - Sinning, Mathias
        TI  - Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany
        PY  - 2007/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2989
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2989
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - international migration
KW  - family investment hypothesis
KW  - assimilation
        ER  -