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 … distribution; and a permanent positive effect on full-time employment. …

Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus … employment gaps between immigrant and native men decline in the first years after arrival, they remain large for most cohorts … in Germany. Differences in educational and demographic characteristics explain how those gaps vary across groups, and why …

We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany … are banned from working in the first few months after arrival. This natural experiment allows isolating a pure immigration …: As the number of recently arrived refugees and thus the demand for locally produced goods increases, local employment …