conduct a detailed event history analysis of men and women immigrants in Germany. Our 14-year longitudinal study reveals that … range and nature of social attachments to Germany and origin countries, and grows higher toward retirement. This selective …

Demographic factors in migrant-sending countries can influence international migration flows. But when migrants move … migrants, who predominantly move on a temporary basis, encounter new fertility norms in their host countries and then bring …

This paper deals with the economic performance of various population groups in Germany giving special attention to … West Germans, East Germans, and immigrants; the latter being split into Ethnic Migrants (Aussiedler) and foreigners … subsidized by the re-distribution process rapidly and strongly decreases with progressing duration of stay in Germany. On the …

Motivations for migrants to return clearly change with integration, but the time-changing aspect of return migration … has received little attention in the literature. This paper studies how migrants' preferences for the home country change … intermarriage and three outcomes related to migrants' home country preference - intentions to return, remittances sent and actual …