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We use de-identified data from Facebook to study the social integration of Syrian migrants in Germany, a country that … received a large influx of refugees during the Syrian Civil War. We construct measures of migrants' social integration based on … courses had a substantial causal effect on the social integration of Syrian migrants. We also use fluctuations in the presence …
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taken into account. Comparisons of Engel curves are also made to households in Great Britain and Germany. Results from …
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How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration …
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This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of...
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The inflow of refugees and their subsequent integration can be an important challenge for both the refugees themselves …. In this paper, we review the socioeconomic integration policy interventions focused on refugees and the evidence … effectiveness and implications for the successful integration of refugees …
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negatively-selected return migrants. We show that assimilation patterns vary substantially across sending countries and persist …
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. Scholars attribute the success of refugee groups to governmental programs on assimilation and integration. Before 1948, however …, refugees arrived without formal selection processes or federal support. We examine the integration of historical refugees using … a large archive of recorded oral history interviews to understand linguistic attainment of migrants who arrived in the …
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We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration on a wide range of political and social outcomes. The existing evidence suggests that immigrants often, but not always, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant...
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As the share of older immigrants residing in the U.S. begins to rise, it is important to understand how immigrants' retirement behavior and security compare to that of natives. This question has implications for the impact of immigration on government finances and for the retirement security of...
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