for which they are eligible? The answer is politically important, but because most current research on immigration and … eligibility determinations difficult. In Germany, by contrast, eligibility for the main cash transfer program, Sozialhilfe (Social … test whether immigrants to Germany are more likely than natives to claim welfare benefits for which they are eligible. We …

of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …

Germany over a 10 years period. We find that, while factor price adjustments are important in the non-tradable sector, labor …

Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of … ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A … sectors, predicts that immigration boosts output per worker by expanding the high-productivity sector, but decreases output …

This paper examines the effect of immigration directly on the overall utility of natives. To the best of our knowledge … robust, positive effect of immigration on natives' well-being. The presence of confounding local labour market … characteristics has a negligible impact on the estimates. Furthermore, we find substantial evidence that the effect of immigration on …

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … compared to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment … suffers more from further immigration in Germany than in the UK. …

immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant increases in immigration in recent years and this study uses …A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in … individuals on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor health than …

immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and …

West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of … than the immigrant population in Germany. However, the range of economic performance across different ethnic groups in the … UK is much larger than that in Germany. The German corporatist welfare system is characterised by much stronger …