natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …

This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …

There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This …

Upon arrival in the host country, immigrants undergo a fundamental identity crisis. Their ethnic identity being … individuals end up varies among immigrants even from the same country. Moreover, the quest for ethnic identity affects women and … immigrants in the host country labor market, beyond human capital and ethnic origin characteristics. Empirical estimates for …

reported by immigrants and natives in a unique representative German survey. We employ factor analysis to construct measures of … immigrants' ethnic persistence and assimilation. The estimated effect of these measures on risk proclivity suggests that … could also help explain differences in economic assimilation of immigrants …

This paper uses the concept of ethnic self-identification of immigrants in a two-dimensional framework. It acknowledges …. We analyze the determinants of ethnic self-identification in this process using samples of first-generation immigrants …

that lead to fluctuations between employment and self-employment, directly or through the unemployment state. Migrants are … self-employment to avoid periods of unemployment. These issues are investigated using a huge micro data set generated from …-employment are more than twice as high from the status of unemployment as from the status of employment. Self-employment is also an …

This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … immigrants are differences in marital behavior as well as language abilities, ethnic identification and religious distribution. A …. These indicators are also presented. All of these indicators are depicted in comparison between natives and immigrants …