In my view, and especially given the relatively large share of newcomers to Germany, support for immigrant self-employment is extremely important. As this article points out, it is particularly needed in Germany where entrepreneurship levels are low and where a lot of the newcomers lack language skills. Immigrants self employed help themselves and create jobs for other. Continue reading New entrepreneurs
Gender bias is a very important aspect. According to BAMF numbers up to Dec 2015 , taking only people that may be now or soon looking for a partner. Even looking at people ages 16-30 only, BAMF data (which are conservative, just above 400k altogether) identify at least 113,000 “missing girls/women” (difference between men and women … Continue reading Refugees in Germany
Given the huge interest for the effects of migration flows, this episode of Planet Money (which is always a great listen) might be of interest to some of you: NPR Planet Money 654 Continue reading When the Boats arrive
Unbelievable! John Oliver mentioned a piece of research I was involved in!!!! Link to 11:10 of YouTube video Here the link to the article he is citing: New York Times Article The piece of the Last Week Tonight show is clearly on one side of the debate, but it is actually more interesting and informative … Continue reading John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight
In the last few months, the number of asylum seekers arriving in Germany has increased. While one hears about it every day in the media, the focus, quite understandably, is on the more urgent matters. However, I think that it is very important to made sure that people in Germany think about the future of these … Continue reading Wrapping up some information on the access to the German labour market for asylum seekers
Around ten days ago I have posted on the Facebook group “Munich International Friends” a very short survey with a few questions for newcomers to Munich. I was very happy to see that we got 40 responses, which I think is very good. Of course not for any serious statistical analysis, but enough to see … Continue reading Survey: Newcomers in Munich
Something only for the other economists out there… Econometricians and economists run regressions, and that is a lot of what we do. When a coefficient has a p value of less than 0.10 we are a bit happy, very happy only if less than 0.05. Now, all of us are guilty of the same sin. … Continue reading (Not so) Significant
Bono is probably among the most famous rock stars in the world and among those that make more money (by the way this few lines do not mean that I am a fan of Bono. I like his music, I am not sure about the rest). Yesterday, Bono made more money than in 30 years … Continue reading Weird world
A friend of mine is trying to produce a great documentary about Charles Mingus, and he needs your support. You can be part of the process by supporting the project, see: http://orangethenblue.com/ I forgot: there are only 3 days left!!!!!!!!! Thank you very much! Michele Continue reading Mingus on Mingus – show your support
NYT article HERE. And for those of you who were at SOLE this year you would probably agree that he seems like a very smart guy and a likeable one as well. Continue reading Alan Krueger Economic Adviser
Michele Battisti 