The size and composition of the most recent wave of immigrants to Germany and the potential effects of immigration on … employment and the wages of native workers are the focus of the above articles. The authors agree that Germany needs immigration …. But the benefit for locals depends on the migrants’ human capital endowment. Most of these immigrants are EU citizens …

considerably. The authors quantify the reduction of the workforce in Germany until 2050. Moreover, they analyse whether immigration … may possibly offset the projected labour supply shrinkage. It is shown that - in the long term - immigration signifi …, immigration will notably increase labour supply in Germany. Only in 2030 will the workforce shrink back to its current level. …

insights into the contexts in which immigration takes place. An own analysis shows that in 2017, around 1.06 million of the 3 …-market-oriented immigrants. That corresponds to a share of 29.8 per cent. Immigration for family reasons accounts for 974,000 persons or 27.4 per … cent and education-oriented immigration for 361,000 or 10.1 per cent. A differentiation according to the countries of …