We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants. An intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against administrative data provided us by the Italian Embassy in Germany. Although we confirm...

Different disciplines within the social sciences have produced large theoretical and empirical literatures to explain the determinants of anti-immigration attitudes. We bring together these literatures in a unified framework and identify testable hypotheses on what characteristics of the...

We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants. For this purpose, an intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against administrative data provided by the Italian Embassy in Germany. In line with...

Der Blick über den Tellerrand, das Interesse an anderen Ländern und daran, wie Themen und Aufgabenstellungen, die die eigene Gesellschaft beschäftigen, in anderen Gesellschaften wahrgenommen und bearbeitet werden, stellt nicht nur eine willkommene Ergänzung und Erweiterung des eigenen...