Does the politico-economic system affect preferences for immigration? In this study, I show that individuals exposed to life under state socialism have formed and persistently hold different attitudes toward immigration. By exploiting the division and reunification of Germany, I estimate the...

The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control group. We evaluate the randomization process, we discuss...

In this article, we examine anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in 2014 and 2015. By exploiting the quasi-experimental assignment of asylum seekers to German regions, we estimate the causal effect of an unexpected and sudden change in the share...

In this article, we examine anti-foreigner hate crime in the wake of the large influx of asylum seekers to Germany in 2014 and 2015. By exploiting the quasi-experimental assignment of asylum seekers to German regions, we estimate the causal effect of an unexpected and sudden change in the share...

Deutschland steht vor der Aufgabe, viele Geflüchtete unterzubringen und ihnen neue Lebensperspektiven zu eröffnen. Die Menschen, die in den vergangenen Jahren gekommen sind, um Schutz zu suchen, sind keine homogene Gruppe. Sie unterscheiden sich nach Geschlecht, Alter, Herkunft, kulturellem...

This study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomised experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project aimed at facilitating social and labour market integration or to a control group. We evaluate the randomisation process,...

This study analyses the selection of recently arrived asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of schooling - the indicator used for human capital - when compared to same-aged persons...

Im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis finden sich vielfältige Akteure und Netzwerke, die die Arbeitsmarktintegration von Geflüchteten unterstützen. Auch wenn die konkreten Maßnahmen zur Arbeitsmarktintegration, die sich hier als erfolgreich erwiesen haben, kommunal spezifisch sind, so zeigen die Teilstudien...