This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and on economic assimilation of refugees … data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of refugees with corresponding information on locals, and construct a … threat index that integrates contemporaneous and historical variables. On average, refugees assimilate both culturally and …

refugees' multi-dimensional integration outcomes (economic, linguistic, navigational, political, psychological, and social …). Using a unique dataset on refugees, we leverage a centralized allocation policy in Germany where refugees were exogenously … assigned to live in specific counties. We find that high initial local unemployment negatively affects refugees' economic and …

There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied … by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities so as to reduce migration. Self-employment is … descriptively examine the relationship between migration and self-employment, finding that the self-employed are indeed less likely …

This paper investigates the effect of the differential pecuniary costs of sons and daughters on fertility decisions … reform is found to have attenuated the widely documented positive correlation between daughters and their parents' fertility …. The observed patterns can be explained by a simple model of sequential fertility decisions where the gender composition of …

Sharia law increased fertility, the duration of breastfeeding and primary school enrolment. Evidence further suggests that …

This paper investigates the effect of the differential pecuniary costs of sons and daughters on fertility decisions … reform is found to have attenuated the widely documented positive correlation between daughters and their parents' fertility …. The observed patterns can be explained by a simple model of sequential fertility decisions where the gender composition of …