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We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of … intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their … region of origin. The findings show that the refugees in our sample display high rates of educational mobility, and that …
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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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Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasiexperimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are … that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting …
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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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the difficult situations which Syrian women faced inside Syria as well as in the neighboring countries to which they fled … conditions in Syria and the neighboring countries forced many Syrian women and families to flee to Europe, with the highest … and as refugees, and in how far these affect their gender roles. …
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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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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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large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015-2016. Arriving refugees were dispersed across the country … offenders from refugees' origin countries. Yet, we find some indication of over-reporting. …
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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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