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that those who descended from Palestinian refugees do not discriminate at all, suggesting that a family history of refugee … status can generate solidarity with new refugees. We also find that parents' narratives about the refugee crisis are …
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This paper studies the effects of local threat on cultural and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly … preferences and economic outcomes of refugees with corresponding information on German respondents, and construct a threat index … that integrates contemporaneous and historical variables. On average, refugees assimilate both culturally and economically …
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How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about immigration? Using individual-level panel data for the years 2012–2018, I show that after 2015 concerns about immigration increased by about 21 pp. and support for extreme right-wing parties by about 1.7 pp. These...
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We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany …: As the number of recently arrived refugees and thus the demand for locally produced goods increases, local employment …
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Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This …
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More than one million refugees migrated to Germany in 2015-2016. The increase in refugees was rapid, visible and …
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By simulating various (labour market) integration scenarios with the aid of a New Keynesian DSGE model, this paper explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany. We find that the long-run costs and benefits for...
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