The scope of immigrants' transnational ties and the relationship to their social position is subject to a controversial … scholars in migration and assimilation studies hold that it is the most underprivileged immigrants who maintain strong ties …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …

For the impartial observer of German regions, differences in regional industrial structures and prosperity are quite … obvious. On the one hand, there are regions characterised by different industries, firm structures and labour qualification … profiles. On the other hand, some of these regions are prosperous, dynamic and growing in terms of inhabitants, labor force and …

-called Hartz reforms on income inequality in German regions. Chapter 3 investigates the long-term effect of university openings on …