Negative perceptions about migrants in Europe, the Continent with the largest social policy programmes, are driven by … welfare access by migrants or further tighten migration policies. Are there politically feasible alternatives to these two … perceptions about migrants in Europe. Based on a simple model of the perceived fiscal effects of migration and on a largely …

democracies. The challenge for the future is to find and adopt institutions that foster integration. We investigate how the right …

We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are …

, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. While significant resources have been invested in migration and integration … variation in changes of immigration and integration policies across Western EU member states to study how they are associated …

refugees' multi-dimensional integration outcomes (economic, linguistic, navigational, political, psychological, and social …). Using a unique dataset on refugees, we leverage a centralized allocation policy in Germany where refugees were exogenously … social integration: they are less likely to be in education or employment and they earn less. We also show that favorable …

possible paths of adjustment from separation at entry, namely the transitions to assimilation, integration and marginalization …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

their experience of how citizenship works; for whom it works; and what rules and policies matter for integration. The … eligibility rules, take-up and integration outcomes. Across countries and reforms, the evidence shows that faster access to … citizenship increases take-up and improves the economic, educational, political and social integration of immigrants. Other …

practices regarding the selection and integration of new migrants affect labour market, fiscal and social/cultural outcomes …