This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … Germany. …

Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-war history appears as an economic … miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … factors that have contributed to this development include the strong position of the German economy due to recent labor market …

that Germany would have been better off, had it immediately opened its labor market. Finally, the Great recession allows us … of migration flows from the New Member States to Germany. We demonstrate that immigration increased substantially despite … the restrictions on the German labor market, and that net flows decreased to zero at the outset of the recession. The …