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Olga K. Nottmeyer

IZA, Germany

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IZA World of Labor role

Author, Managing Editor

Current position

Research Associate and Managing Editor IZA World of Labor, IZA, Germany

Research interest

Labor economics, economics of migration

Website

http://bit.ly/Nottmeyer_IZApage

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Free University Berlin, 2011

Selected publications

  • “The economics of circular migration.” In: Constant, A. F., and K. F. Zimmermann (eds). International Handbook on the Economics of Migration. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar, 2013; Chapter 3, pp. 55–74 (with A. F. Constant and K. F. Zimmermann).

  • “Couple’s relative labor supply in intermarriage.” IZA Journal of Migration 3:3 (2014).

  • Does Intermarriage Pay Off? A Panel Data Analysis. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5104, 2010.

  • “Cultural integration in Germany.” In: Algan, Y., A. Bisin, A. Manning, and T. Verdier (eds). Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012; Chapter 3, 69–124 (with A. F. Constant and K. F. Zimmermann).

article(s)

  • Intermarriage and the economic success of immigrants

    Who is the driving factor—the native spouses or the immigrants themselves?

    Olga K. Nottmeyer, June 2015
    Marriages between immigrants and natives (intermarriages) are often associated with economic success and interpreted as an indicator of social integration. Intermarried immigrant men are on average better educated and work in better paid jobs than nonintermarried immigrant men. In this context, native spouses could deliver valuable insights into the host country and provide business contacts. However, intermarriage may not be the driving factor of economic success but instead be its byproduct, as better education and personal characteristics could be both economically beneficial and increase the likelihood of meeting natives. Intermarriage might also be more “suspense-packed” (positively and negatively) and can thus be associated with an increase in severe stress and a higher risk of divorce.
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