Despite the effort at EU level to harmonize the process of recognition of foreign educational qualifications, the European states differ in their propensity to accept high-school and academic certificates obtained in other EU member states. In turn, a country's higher degree of recognition of...

Despite the effort at EU level to harmonize the process of recognition of foreign educational qualifications, the European states differ in their propensity to accept high-school and academic certificates obtained in other EU member states. In turn, a country's higher degree of recognition of...

2013 waren weltweit rund 51 Millionen Menschen auf der Flucht, ein Drittel außerhalb ihres Heimatlandes. 2014 wurden 571.000 Asylerstanträge in der EU gestellt, 173.000 in Deutschland. Ein Großteil der Menschen, die über den Seeweg in die EU kommen, stammt aus Ländern mit Krieg und...

During the early 1990s Germany offered temporary protection to over 600,000 Yugoslavian refugees fleeing war. By 2000, many had been repatriated. We exploit this natural experiment to investigate the role of migrants in post-conflict reconstruction in the former Yugoslavia, using exports as...