examines the determinants of skill downgrading among two types of immigrants - refugees and economic immigrants - in the German … labor markets between 1984 and 2018. We find that refugees downgrade more than economic immigrants, and this discrepancy …

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 …

are performed to assess the validity of the results. Overall, small positive price effects, significant positive wage … effects, and positive employment effects although not robustly estimated in their magnitude are found. …

-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse … economic and social integration. These impacts are largest for groups targeted by AfD campaigns and refugees are also more …

-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse … economic and social integration. These impacts are largest for groups targeted by AfD campaigns and refugees are also more …

We analyze possible links between both trust and trustworthiness among Syrian refugees in Germany in relation to the … refugees' involvement in two different forms of social networking (forming bonding ties with other refugees vs. forming … bridging ties between refugees and Germans). We implement treatment conditions in which Syrian refugees play a trust game …

-wing voting on refugees' integration. We find that in municipalities with more voting for the right-wing AfD, refugees have worse … economic and social integration. These impacts are largest for groups targeted by AfD campaigns and refugees are also more …