Thema Migration

Wohnsitzauflage: An opportunity for integration? The Impact of Residential Obligation Policy on Refugee Women’s Labor Market Participation

*************POSTPONED*****************To promote integration, the German government enacted the Residential Obligation Act (Wohnsitzauflage) in 2016, which obliges refugees to maintain their residence in the states to which they have been assigned for a period of three years from the time they are granted asylum or temporary residence. Studies addressing this policy have found controversial...

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 ...

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 ...

Deutschland ist nicht der Himmel auf Erden

Warum Deutschland von der Zuwanderung profitiert

Die Integration der Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine ist eine Erfolgsgeschichte. Eine neue Studie des DIW Berlin zeigt: Deutschland hat aus vergangenen Fehlern gelernt. Über eine Million Ukrainer und Ukrainerinnen sind seit Beginn des Krieges nach Deutschland gekommen – für viele fast unbemerkt. Anders als 2015 und 2016 hat die Zuwanderung das Land nicht gespalten und konnte von Populistinnen und Populisten ...

Ukrainische Geflüchtete bringen gute Voraussetzungen für die Teilhabe in Deutschland mit

Befragung von mehr als 11.000 Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainern liefert erste deutschlandweit repräsentative Ergebnisse Seit dem 24. Februar 2022 sind allein nach Deutschland mehr als eine Million Menschen aus der Ukraine geflohen. Viele ukrainische Geflüchtete nehmen inzwischen aktiv am Leben in Deutschland teil: 17 Prozent sind in Deutschland bereits erwerbstätig, die Hälfte besucht einen Sprachkurs, ...

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...

The Long Run Impact of Expulsion of Germans (1944-1950) on Anti-Refugee Voting

The political consequences of refugees for receiving countries have received much attention in recent years and have sparked a burgeoning literature. However, evidence on the long-run consequences of refugees is lacking. The expulsion of 8 million Germans (so-called expellees) from Eastern Europe to post-WWII West Germany serves as a natural experiment that allows us to estimate the long-run...

Health Policy and Access to Health Care in Germany: A Fragmented System for Asylum Seekers’ Health

In Germany, health needs of citizens and ordinary residents are taken care of under the scope of statutory social and health insurance. The asylum-seeking population, however, receives healthcare through a parallel system, where decisions on provision of health services are not met at a central health governance level, but rather at federal state and sometimes at municipal...

Weit entfernt von Chancengleichheit

Der Beitrag erschien in der Frankfurter Rundschau. Deutschland gibt zu wenig Geld für Bildung aus. Es braucht mehr, um alle zu integrieren, gerade mit Blick auf die Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine, sagt die DIW-Forscherin Laura Schmitz. Das Schuljahr 2022/23 verspricht erneut kein leichtes zu werden: viertes Corona-Schuljahr, Lehrkräftemangel, Energiekrise, die Integration von mittlerweile über 150 ...