This report compares employment expectations among refugees in Germany in 2016 with their actual employment situation in 2018, using the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees in Germany. In 2016, the majority of refugees reported that the probability they would find employment within two years was...

Auf Grundlage der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung Geflüchteter in Deutschland vergleicht dieser Bericht die im Jahr 2016 geäußerten Erwartungen zu einer Erwerbstätigkeit in Deutschland mit der realisierten Beschäftigung im Jahr 2018. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Geflüchteten hat im Jahr 2016...

Against a background of increasing violence against non-natives, we estimate the effect of hate crime on refugees' mental health in Germany. For this purpose, we combine two datasets: administrative records on xenophobic crime against refugee shelters by the Federal Criminal Office and the...

Against a background of increasing violence against non-natives, we estimate the effect of hate crime on refugees’ mental health in Germany. For this purpose, we combine two datasets: administrative records on xenophobic crime against refugee shelters by the Federal Criminal Office and the...

Auf Grundlage der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung Geflüchteter in Deutschland vergleicht dieser Bericht die im Jahr 2016 geäußerten Erwartungen zu einer Erwerbstätigkeit in Deutschland mit der realisierten Beschäftigung im Jahr 2018. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Geflüchteten hat im Jahr 2016...

Against a background of increasing violence against non-natives, we estimate the effect of hate crime on refugees’ mental health in Germany. For this purpose, we combine two datasets: administrative records on xenophobic crime against refugee shelters by the Federal Criminal Office and the...

This paper analyzes the effect of a recently introduced policy reform on participation in integration courses and on certified language proficiency levels among refugees in Germany. The residence rule restricts initial residence for refugees with a permanent residence permit. Given that...

Mental health conditions are a leading cause of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and health costs worldwide: They account for 199 million DALYs or 37 percent of healthy life years lost from non-communicable diseases. The sum of direct and indirect costs worldwide were estimated to amount...