Five years ago, almost a million people came to Germany seeking refuge. Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to public concern over such a large influx of refugees with her well-known saying, "Wir schaffen das" (We can do this!). Much has happened since then. As this report shows, the German...

Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund bilden einen stetig wachsenden Anteil an der Bevölkerung Deutschlands. Die Mehrzahl von ihnen kann aufgrund eines fehlenden deutschen Passes nicht an Wahlen teilnehmen. Da aber die Zahl eingebürgerter und damit wahlberechtigter Menschen mit...

While general ethnic disadvantages are well documented, much less is known about coinciding disadvantages of ethnic origin and gender. Based on theoretical arguments of human capital theory, sociocultural approaches, labour market segmentation theory, and discrimination mechanisms, we...

Motivations to participate in the labour market as well as to invest in labour market skills are crucial for the successful integration of refugees. In this paper we use a unique dataset - the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey, which is a representative longitudinal study of all refugees reported on...