This paper analyses subjective economic well-being in several Eastern European countries from 1991 to 1995. Economic well-being explains a significant part of the variation in overall life satisfaction of Eastern Europeans. In an ordered logit model, the determinants of subjective economic...

Städte werden zunehmend zum Brennpunkt von Zuwanderung, Integration und multiethnischer Koexistenz. Die städtische Integrationspolitik und deren Maßnahmen gewinnen demzufolge gegenüber der nationalen Ebene der Zuwanderungspolitik immer mehr an Bedeutung. Der Relevanz der...

Das Positionspapier greift die Fragestellungen auf, die von den Mitgliedern des Arbeitskreises im Zusammenhang mit den "Räumlichen Auswirkungen internationaler Migration" als fundamentale Herausforderungen für Wissenschaft, Praxis und Politik erachtet werden. Zunächst wird das mit der...

In the early 21st century Europe is confronted with an ageing population, stagnating or even declining native populations, high unemployment and in the most key countries also with slow economic growth. At the same time Europe remains one of the prime destinations of international migration....

This paper discusses the size of Europe's migrant population, its demographic structure, and the socio-economic position of migrants. The European Labour Force Survey (LFS) as well as Eurostat, OECD and UN migration data are used as the main databases. In most sections of the paper the...

The scope of this policy paper is to identify how the EU and its Member States could use availability and skills of today's and future immigrant populations in order to address economic and demographic challenges. To this end, it provides an analysis of the status quo and suggestions regarding...