We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany …: As the number of recently arrived refugees and thus the demand for locally produced goods increases, local employment …

We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany …: As the number of recently arrived refugees and thus the demand for locally produced goods increases, local employment …

Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees … shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with … little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees’ German skills have improved, as have their participation …

Through the increase in wars, civil wars and political persecution, the number of refugees rose worldwide by the end of … 2014 to 59.5 million people. Roughly a third of the refugees are living outside their countries of origin. Moreover, the … asylum, and refu-gees were living in Germany in April 2015, of whom 266,000 were recognized as persons entitled to asylum and …