Asylum policy-making in advanced democracies frequently faces the accusation that prejudice and stereotyping lead to erroneous decisions. The model of taste-based discrimination suggests that the biases of decision-makers or their peers against certain groups of applicants influence the...

Der aktuelle Stand der Integration Geflüchteter in Deutschland weist hinsichtlich der Beschäftigungsquoten, der Bildungspartizipation sowie des Spracherwerbs auf geschlechtsspezifische Differenzen hin. Vor diesem Hintergrund bietet der Bericht eine Übersicht bisheriger empirischer Evidenz zu...

We analyze socioemotional skills' role for destination-language proficiency among recent refugees in Germany. While socioemotional skills have been shown to predict educational outcomes, they have been overlooked for immigrants' language acquisition. We extend a well-established model of...

As long as their asylum application is not approved or their duration of stay does not exceed 15 months, asylum-seekers who require doctor visit have to claim it either by the local authority for foreigners or the responsible social assistance office in Germany. Since 2016 several Federal states...

In this article, we analyze individual factors and situational conditions under which immigrants are more or less likely to invest in host country-specific human capital. Theoretically, we root our expectations in a strand of the immigrant human capital investment model combined with a basic...

Im Zuge der Flüchtlingszuwanderung seit 2015 und damals weitgehend fehlender Kenntnisse über Qualifizierung, Bildungsstatus und den Verlauf von Integrationsprozessen bei den Geflüchteten hat das BMAS im Oktober 2015 das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) mit einem...

Empirically identifying the causal effect of social networks on migrants' economic prospects is a challenging task due to the non-random residential sorting of migrants into locations with greater opportunities for (previous) connections. Our study addresses this selection-bias issue by using a...

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...