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This study analyses the selection of a sample of 203 young male asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries that recently arrived in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers in our sample have 22% more years of schooling-the indicator used for human...
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Despite numerous studies on the social and political impact of refugees in Europe, we have very little systematic … refugees, suggesting a negative impact of mass refugee settlement. However, this negative impact is driven exclusively by … respondents with no individual exposure to refugees. In fact, despite concerns that refugee settlements may result in local …
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This article assesses the impact of immigrant and asylum seeker in ows on the size of the informal sector in host countries from a macroeconomic perspective. We use two indicators of informality provided by Medina and Schneider (2019) and Elgin and Oztunali (2012) combined with migration data...
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unemployed. Using data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees, this study investigates the contributing factors for refugee …
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This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees … data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of refugees with corresponding information on locals, and construct a … threat index that integrates contemporaneous and historical variables. On average, refugees assimilate both culturally and …
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religious affiliation plays a more dominant role than the Indian nationality affiliation in the identity of refugees. Further …
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that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting …This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasiexperimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are …
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that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting …This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasiexperimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938780
large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015-2016. Arriving refugees were dispersed across the country … offenders from refugees' origin countries. Yet, we find some indication of over-reporting. …
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Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within...
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