destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …

unemployed. Using data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees, this study investigates the contributing factors for refugee … German population, slow progress in language acquisition, and traditional roles in the division of paid and unpaid work …

percentage points. The marginal effects are larger for asylum seekers who speak a language that is linguistically close to the …

types of immigrants, and provides a new analysis comparing refugees to other immigrants in the United States using a sample … in host-country-specific human capital might differ between refugees and other immigrants, and presents a new analysis of …This chapter discusses the research in economics on refugees and asylum seekers. Section 1 describes the trends in …

Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly … estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not … favorable. However, identification is possible for refugees as their arrival dates are exogenously determined through the US …

temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on … the economic performance of skilled immigrants is presented with a particular focus on the wage returns to skill both in …

-generation immigrants and 4 % is Hispanic. Intergenerational improvement is an important source of wage convergence of black immigrants …. Unskilled immigrants who arrive in the USA as children and adolescents experience substantial wage assimilation, especially … Caribbean-English and African-English immigrants. But both unskilled immigrants arriving as adults and all skilled immigrants …

concern over such a large influx of refugees with her well-known saying, "Wir schaffen das" (We can do this!). Much has …. Nevertheless, refugees are increasingly concerned about xenophobia. At the same time, although their trust in key state … be to foster personal contact between refugees and local populations. However, the present study indicates that, so far …