Does large-scale refugee immigration affect crime rates in receiving countries? We address this question based on the … large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015-2016. Arriving refugees were dispersed across the country …

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 …

Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus … in Germany. Differences in educational and demographic characteristics explain how those gaps vary across groups, and why …

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May … outcomes in Germany. We finda transitory negative wage effect among German nationals, particularly at the bottom ofthe wage …

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 …