Based on the ideas developed in the literature on the evaluation of active labor market policy, this paper provides a framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating policy interventions are explained and the specific...

This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption. Using data for West...

In this thesis, the savings behavior of immigrants is being investigated. The empirical analysis focuses predominantly on the immigrant population in Germany but also comprises international comparisons. The German Socio-Economic Panel represents the main source of data for the analysis of...