Forschung SOEP: Migration und gesellschaftlicher Wandel

Workshop

Workshop on the Integration of Refugee Families in Host Countries: Research Advances, Policy Improvements, and Data Challenges

This one-day workshop aims to bring together researchers working on various aspects of the integration of refugee families into host societies and discuss the most recent research developments in this field. It also aims to discuss empirical research, data collection, and policy challenges in view of the new waves of refugees expected to arrive to Europe in the near future. To this end, the...

Workshop

Workshop on the Integration of Refugee Families in Host Countries: Research Advances, Policy Improvements, and Data Challenges

This one-day workshop aims to bring together researchers working on various aspects of the integration of refugee families into host societies and discuss the most recent research developments in this field. It also aims to discuss empirical research, data collection, and policy challenges in view of the new waves of refugees expected to arrive to Europe in the near future. To this end, the...

DIW Weekly Report 17/18 / 2022

Refugees in Germany Perceived Higher Discrimination in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Refugees in Germany perceive discrimination due to their country of origin in various life dimensions, which can negatively affect their integration into society. Using IAB-BAMF-SOEP survey data, this report analyzes to what extent refugees perceive discrimination on the labor market, at educational institutions, on the housing market, with public authorities, and in daily life. The results show that ...

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Educational Selectivity and Immigrants’ Labour Market Performance in Europe

This article depicts the selectivity profiles of first-generation immigrants of multiple origins in 18 European destinations and investigates whether educational selectivity is relevant to their labour market performance. The theoretical account starts from the premise that the relative position individuals occupy in the educational distribution of their origin country represents—frequently unmeasured—characteristics ...

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Mentoring as a Grassroots Effort for Integrating Refugees – Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment

About 80 million people were displaced worldwide at the end of 2020. To support this highly vulnerable group, in recent years, local bottom-up initiatives proliferated to support refugee integration in hosting communities. This study examines a network intervention for refugees in collaboration with a social start-up whose mission is to match refugees and local volunteers to form friendships. We apply ...

Pressemitteilung

Geflüchtete in Deutschland fühlten sich in der Corona-Pandemie stärker diskriminiert als zuvor

Wahrgenommene Benachteiligung hat besonders bei der Arbeitssuche und in Bildungseinrichtungen zugenommen – Integrationsmaßnahmen, die durch Pandemie unterbrochen oder eingestellt wurden, sollten schnellstmöglich wieder aufgenommen werden Geflüchtete, die in den Jahren 2013 bis 2016 nach Deutschland gekommen sind, fühlten sich im ersten Jahr der Corona-Pandemie diskriminierter ...

DIW Wochenbericht 18 / 2022

Integration von Geflüchteten darf in Krisenzeiten nicht in Hintergrund rücken: Interview

DIW Wochenbericht 18 / 2022

Geflüchtete in Deutschland fühlten sich in der Corona-Pandemie stärker diskriminiert als zuvor

Geflüchtete in Deutschland fühlen sich in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen aufgrund ihrer Herkunft diskriminiert. Dies kann ihre Integration nachhaltig beeinträchtigen. Dieser Bericht analysiert auf Basis der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung, inwieweit sie Benachteiligungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, in Bildungseinrichtungen, auf dem Wohnungsmarkt, gegenüber öffentlichen Institutionen und im Alltag wahrnehmen. Die ...

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Overcoming Barriers to Service Access: Refugees’ Professional Support Service Utilization and the Impact of Human and Social Capital

After arriving in a new country, refugees are typically dependent on professional support to re-establish their livelihood. However, it is well documented that refugees face barriers when seeking access to services aimed at facilitating their settlement. This study examines refugees’ support service needs, their actual utilization, and investigates the impact of social and human capital on service ...

DIW Wochenbericht 7 / 2022

Soziale Gerechtigkeit ist die Voraussetzung für das Vertrauen in die Demokratie: Interview

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The Dynamics of Recent Refugees’ Language Acquisition: How Do Their Pathways Compare to Those of Other New Immigrants?

Do the processes underlying destination-language acquisition differ between recently arrived refugees and other new immigrants? Based on a well-established model of language learning according to which language fluency is a function of efficiency, incentives, and exposure, this study addresses general processes of language learning as well as conditions specific to refugees. Longitudinal data on refugees ...

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Destination-Language Acquisition of Recently Arrived Immigrants: Do Refugees Differ from Other Immigrants?

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden Muster des Spracherwerbs von Neuzuwanderern beschrieben, welche in jüngerer Zeit nach Deutschland gekommen sind. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Vergleich syrischer Geflüchteter mit Migranten aus Italien, Polen und der Türkei, die als Arbeitsmigranten, im Zuge der Familienzusammenführung oder für Bildungszwecke eingewandert sind. Die theoretischen Überlegungen beruhen auf ...

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The Education of Recently Arrived Refugees in Germany: Conditions, Processes, and Outcomes

Around the world, the number of refugees is at a record high. Although most forciblydisplaced persons seek refuge within their home country or in a neighboringstate (UNHCR, 2020), a large number of refugees have reached Europe in recentyears, and many of them have settled in Germany (Eurostat, 2020).1As many refugees were children and adolescents when they arrived in Germany(Bundesamt für Migration ...

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Foreign Accents in the Early Hiring Process: A Field Experiment on Accent-Related Ethnic Discrimination in Germany

Based on a field experiment conducted in Germany between October 2014 and October 2015, this article focuses on the disadvantages associated with the presence of a foreign accent in the early hiring process, when applicants call in response to a job advertisement to ask whether the position is still available. We examine whether a foreign accent influences employers’ behaviors via productivity considerations ...

Pressemitteilung

Geflüchtete lernen Deutsch am effektivsten in Sprachkursen

DIW-SOEP-Studie vergleicht Spracherwerb von Geflüchteten und anderen Neuzugewanderten – Trotz eines niedrigeren Ausgangsniveaus sprechen Geflüchtete nach vier Jahren ähnlich gut Deutsch wie andere MigrantInnen – Geflüchtete verbessern Deutschkenntnisse mehr über Sprachkurse als über Alltagskontakte – Angebot an Sprachkursen sollte kontinuierlich ausgebaut ...

DIW Wochenbericht 5 / 2022

Für den Spracherwerb ist es wichtig, auf Lerngelegenheiten in der Umgebung zu stoßen: Interview

DIW Wochenbericht 5 / 2022

Deutschkenntnisse entwickeln sich bei Geflüchteten und anderen Neuzugewanderten ähnlich – Sprachkurse spielen wichtige Rolle

Das Erlernen der deutschen Sprache spielt eine Schlüsselrolle für die Integration von neu zugewanderten Menschen. In diesem Beitrag wird der Zweitspracherwerb von Personen, die im vergangenen Jahrzehnt in die Bundesrepublik gekommen sind, in den ersten Jahren nach dem Zuzug untersucht. Hierzu werden Geflüchtete mit anderen Neuzugewanderten verglichen. Die Auswertungen verweisen auf ähnliche Prozesse ...

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The Role of Different School Organizational Models in the Psychological Adaptation of Refugee Adolescents

Given the high number of refugee children and adolescents around the globe, it is critical to determine conditions that foster their adaptation in the receiving country. This study investigated the psychological adaptation of recently arrived adolescent refugees in Germany. We focused on whether psychological adaptation reflects the organizational approach taken by the school that refugee adolescents ...

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Migration and Dynamics in Men’s and Women’s Domestic Work

International migration of couples is rising. Still, there is little evidence on men’sand women’s domestic work hours before and after migration. This is despite thefact that domestic work provides deep insights into family life and, for migrants, isdirectly linked to integration. Therefore, this study examines how immigrant menand women change their domestic work hours following migration, using datafrom ...

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Prejudice in Disguise: Which Features Determine the Subtlety of Ethnically Prejudicial Statements?

In current immigration debates ethnic prejudice is often expressed in a subtle manner, which conceals its xenophobic content. However, previous research has only insufficiently examined the specific features that make certain ethnically prejudicial statements subtler, i.e., less readily identifiable as xenophobic, than others. The current study employs an experimental factorial survey design and assesses ...