The Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) database includes data on migration policies for 33 OECD countries and …) "Measuring Immigration Policies: The IMPIC-Database", European Political Science (forthcoming). When using the data, please cite …

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 … line with the contact hypothesis, living in a high refugee migration district reduced concerns about immigration by 3 pp …

operationalize this indirect fiscal effect in various models of immigration and the labor market. We derive closed-form expressions … negative direct fiscal effect that has previously been documented. This challenges the perception of low-skilled immigration as …

The aim of this paper is to discuss the external and internal validity of the newly created Immigration Policies in … consistent dimension comprising immigration policies for the fields of labor migration, family reunification, and asylum seekers … other indices that measure immigration policies. …

operationalize this indirect fiscal effect in a model of immigration and the labor market. We derive closed-form expressions for this … effect that has previously been documented. This challenges the perception of low-skilled immigration as a fiscal burden. …

Does large-scale refugee immigration affect crime rates in receiving countries? We address this question based on the …