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 …

Populist radical right-wing parties across Europe garner support for welfare chauvinistic promises to limit government … spending on immigrants and focus on natives' welfare instead. However, most research on the so-called immigration-welfare nexus …

Does the politico-economic system affect preferences for immigration? In this study, I show that individuals exposed to … life under state socialism have formed and persistently hold different attitudes toward immigration. By exploiting the … division and reunification of Germany, I estimate the influence of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration. Drawing on …

different?" and "is their behaviour changing over time?" The indicators we look at are the gender gap in education, age at … convergence in behaviour. …

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May …