This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers defined as stayers, migrants and commuters to West Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with...

In den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten hat das deutsche Hochschulsystem eine beachtliche Expansion erfahren. Da die Hochschulen in Deutschland überwiegend aus öffentlichen Mitteln finanziert werden, stellt sich die Frage, ob die öffentlichen Gelder gut angelegt sind. Während diese Frage nach...

This study analyses the selection of a sample of 203 young male asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries that recently arrived in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers in our sample have 22% more years of schooling-the indicator used for human...

We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their region of origin. The findings show that the refugees...

To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first study for Germany to assess the long-term impacts of studying without graduating on three labour market outcomes (working hours, wages, and occupational prestige), and on overall life satisfaction, on the basis of a sample of employed...

This study analyses the selection of recently arrived asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of schooling - the indicator used for human capital - when compared to same-aged persons...

Im Rahmen der Asylmigration sind in den letzten Jahren Menschen aus unterschiedlichsten Gründen nach Deutschland gekommen. Deutschland steht vor der Aufgabe, die Geflüchteten unterzubringen und ihnen neue Lebensperspektiven zu eröffnen. Dabei bilden die Menschen, die in den vergangenen Jahren...

2016 fand die erste Reallabor Befragung von Geflüchteten in der Rhein-Neckar-Region zu einem breiten Themenspektrum statt. Ende 2017 wurden die Befragten erneut mit einer Follow-up-Umfrage kontaktiert, um den Fortschritt ihrer Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt zu erfassen. Der vorliegende Bericht...

This study proposes a novel way to examine self-selection on unobserved skills and applies it to a sample of young males seeking asylum in 2015/2016 in Germany. First, the degree of intergenerational mobility of these refugees is assessed, specifically their educational improvement in comparison...