A possible unintended but damaging consequence of anti-immigrant rhetoric, and the policies it inspires, is that they may put high-skilled immigrants off more than low-skilled ones at times when countries and businesses intensify their competition for global talent. We investigate this argument...

Zum Thema Chancengleichheit im Bildungsbereich liegen viele Forschungsergebnisse vor. Die vorliegende Studie systematisiert die Forschungsbefunde und bedarfe zu sozialer Ungleichheit in der außer/schulischen Bildung. Diese Systematisierung erfolgt aus einer institutionellen und...

Die rein quantitative Steigerung der Anteile von Studierenden mit Migrationshintergrund in den vergangenen Jahren lässt sich vor allem über den steigenden Anteil von Bevölkerungsteilen mit Migrationshintergrund erklären. Eine erfolgreiche Bildungsintegration kann dadurch noch nicht belegt...

Das ESF-BAMF-Programm zur berufsbezogenen Sprachförderung soll Personen mit Migrationshintergrund und mangelnden Deutschkenntnissen den Zugang zum deutschen Arbeitsmarkt erleichtern. Dieser Bericht gibt Aufschluss über die Struktur der Teilnehmenden, die in den Jahren 2014 und 2015 einen...

This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...

We consider both a parametric and a semiparametric method to account for classification errors on the dependent variable in an ordered response model. The methods are applied to the analysis of self-reported speaking fluency of male immigrants in Germany. We find that a parametric model which...

This paper contrasts labour participation behaviour and wages of native and immigrant women. Since the impact of family structure on labor supply differs between natives and immigrants, we explicitly distinguish between part-time and full-time jobs. The choice of jobs is accounted for by an...

This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...

Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as improvements in day care provision for children....

This paper offers a descriptive portrait of income poverty among children in Germany between the early 1980s and 2001, with a focus on developments since unification in 1991. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are used to estimate poverty rates, rates of entry to and exit from poverty,...