; Germany …

these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding … Germany is an important component of economic integration and degrees obtained abroad are valued less. …

“generation 1.5” (migrants arriving as children) and the second generation. It is stronger for women with low education and for … transmission ; Germany …

Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of schooling - the indicator used … indicators of individual and parental human capital influence short-run integration outcomes in Germany, while work experience in …

divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we … find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … in the effect of happiness gaps: couples are more likely to break-up when the difference in life satisfaction is …

unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill …

Germany over the last four decades. Using a large administrative data set which covers the years 1975 to 2008, I find that … wage inequality increased and wage mobility decreased for male and female workers in East and West Germany. Women faced a … entire observation period. The mobility decline was sharper in East Germany so that the level of wage mobility has fallen …

Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the …