How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration … of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In … more likely to believe that refugees are a resource for the economy and the culture, viewing them as an opportunity rather …

How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration … of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers among natives and previous immigrants. In … more likely to believe that refugees are a resource for the economy and the culture, viewing them as an opportunity rather …

The presence of refugees in Germany and the challenges their integration poses have preoccupied the public for the past … Opinion on Refugees in Germany in 2016 and the current SOEP wave also indicated that respondents see more risks than … supported refugees in the form of monetary or material donations; around ten percent had helped out on site, for example by …

Refugees in Germany (Stimmungsbarometer zu Geflüchteten in Deutschland)-, conducted in March 2016, shows that more than half of … all respondents still associate the influx of refugees with more risks than opportunities. Nonetheless, a clear majority … (81 percent of respondents) are in favor of admitting refugees and those fleeing political persecution, in accordance with …

Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone … identification strategy exploits that a scramble for accommodation determined the assignment of refugees to German counties resulting … in exogeneous variations in the number of refugees per county within and across states. Our estimates suggest that …

The issues of the forced migration and integration of refugees in the EU society and labour markets are high on the … policy agenda. Apart from humanitarian aspects, a sustainable integration of accepted refugees is important also for social … immigration into the EU by performing a scenario analysis of alternative refugee integration scenarios. Our simulation results …

The issues of the forced migration and integration of refugees in the EU society and labour markets are high on the … policy agenda. Apart from humanitarian aspects, a sustainable integration of accepted refugees is important also for social … immigration into the EU by performing a scenario analysis of alternative refugee integration scenarios. Our simulation results …

important factors to determine an individual's willingness to interact with refugees. …

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Europe today, yet little is known about the overall effect of its … member states) using macro data aggregated from Eurobarometer surveys. Immigration does not statistically affect natives … subgroups, notably the poorly educated and elderly. Refugees also do not statistically affect the well-being of natives. Any …