The recent rise of xenophobic attacks against refugees in Germany has sparked both political and scholarly debates on …

The current distribution of refugees in Germany based on tax revenue and population levels continues to be perceived as …

This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and on economic assimilation of refugees … data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of refugees with corresponding information on locals, and construct a … threat index that integrates contemporaneous and historical variables. On average, refugees assimilate both culturally and …

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 …

We analyze socioemotional skills' role for destination-language proficiency among recent refugees in Germany. While … language proficiency. In sum, socioemotional skills affect refugees' destination-language proficiency and thereby contribute to …

This paper investigates the effects of local exposure to refugees on electoral outcomes in the 2016 state election in … Germany. Based on quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across municipalities and unique data on refugee … populations and their type of accommodation, I find that an increase in the population share of refugees increases the vote share …

This paper investigates the effects of the 2015 mass inflow of refugees to Germany on electoral outcomes. Specifically …, using unique data on refugee populations and their type of accommodation, I analyze how local exposure to refugees affects … success of right-wing parties. For identification, I exploit quasi-random variation in the allocation of refugees across …