Migration ist eines der zentralen Themen im Bundestagswahlkampf und wird für die nächste Bundesregierung hohe Priorität haben. Dabei geht es nicht nur grundsätzlich darum, eine offene Gesellschaft zu sein und zu bewahren, sondern auch um die Integration von ausländischen Mitmenschen und Fachkräften. Ohne deutlich mehr Arbeitskräfte wird die wirtschaftliche Transformation scheitern und viele Unternehmen ...
I exploit the German statutory minimum wage introduction in 2015 to estimate its effects on geographic labor mobility using a 2% sample of administrative data. I find an increase in out-migration due to the minimum wage of low-skilled workers with migrant background from counties where a high-share of workers is subject to the minimum wage to urban labor market regions. The increase in out...
23.04.2025| Alexander Moog, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Geographic Labor Mobility and Statutory Minimum Wages”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt.
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23.04.2025| Alexander Moog, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Background The harmful mental health effects of perceived discrimination for migrant populations are well established. The potential buffering effect of regional-level social capital, however, has not previously been explored. Methods Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP; 2009–2018) we apply multilevel models to assess the effect of frequent or infrequent perceived discrimination on ...
In:
Social Science & Medicine
370 (2025), 117854, 13 S.
| Louise Biddle, Barbara Stacherl, Ellen Heidinger
Befragung unter Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine: Fortschritte bei familiärer und schulischer Situation, Wohnbedingungen, Arbeitsmarktintegration und Deutschkenntnissen – Handlungsbedarf bei Kinderbetreuung, bedarfsgerechter Schulwahl sowie der Anerkennung von Abschlüssen aus dem Ausland – Hohe Bildungsaspirationen und großes Erwerbspotenzial sollten stärker für den Arbeitsmarkt nutzbar gemacht werden
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Evidence on how proximity to ethnic outgroups shapes attitudes toward immigration remains inconclusive. We suggest this may be driven, in part, by the fact that studies rarely account for the role of residential segregation. We argue that how the minority-share in an environment affects majority-group attitudes will depend on how segregated groups are from one another. To explore this, we undertake ...
In:
European Sociological Review
(2025), im Ersch. [online first: 2024-11-29]
| James Laurence, Jan Goebel
Empirical evidence suggests that the majority of immigrants who initially planned a temporary stay end up staying permanently in the host country. Since beliefs about the duration of stay are a strong determinant of integration, many long-term migrants may end up less than optimally integrated. We theoretically model migrants with potential misperceptions about their future utility and wage prospects ...
2024| Marc Kaufmann, Joël Machado, Bertrand Verheyden
Remittances sent by refugees to their home countries has been a hotly debated policy topic in Germany over the past years and has led to the introduction of a payment card for asylum applicants. This Weekly Report investigates how the share of people living in Germany who send remittances abroad has changed over time according to their migration background (with or without a refugee background) and ...