welfare state in Germany, Sweden, and the United States …

This meta-study investigates recent research on the effects of immigration on the welfare state in Austria, Germany and …, recognized refugees and, more generally, on forced migrants. In total, twenty recently published studies are scrutinized in a … data. Second, the majority of studies fail to clearly distinguish between different groups of migrants. Third, various …

. Exploiting a quasi-natural experiment arising from the historic division of Germany into East and West, I show that former East … West Germans. Opposite of what existing literature finds, higher educational attainment in East Germany actually increases … concerns. Further, I find that the effect of living in East Germany is driven by former East Germans who were born during, and …

of active labor market policies. For immigrants having stayed more than 4 years in Germany, however, we do not find a …