In 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to allow over a million asylum seekers to cross the border into Germany. One key concern was that her decision would signal an open‐door policy to aspiring migrants worldwide – thus further increasing migration to Germany and making the...

Eine höhere Nettozuwanderung nach Deutschland könnte ein Schlüssel zur Abmilderung der Alterung der Erwerbsbevölkerung werden. Doch welche Migrationspotenziale existieren weltweit und wie groß wird die resultierende Zuwanderung voraussichtlich sein? Deutschland ist eines der präferierten...

This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...

Eine höhere Nettozuwanderung nach Deutschland könnte ein Schlüssel zur Abmilderung der Alterung der Erwerbsbevölkerung werden. Doch welche Migrationspotenziale existieren weltweit und wie groß wird die resultierende Zuwanderung voraussichtlich sein? Deutschland ist eines der präferierten...

Europe • Germany must once again see itself as an important part of and a leading nation within the EU. The new German government should consistently think and act in a European way on foreign trade issues. • Only a strong EU single market can compete on equal terms with the USA and China....

In 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to allow over a million asylum seekers to cross the border into Germany. One key concern was that her decision would signal an open‐door policy to aspiring migrants worldwide – thus further increasing migration to Germany and making the...