Pro Jahr verlassen 0,8 Prozent der Bevölkerung Deutschland, das sind etwa 650 000 Personen. Das Medienecho auf diese Auswanderung ist überzogen schrill, denn die meisten Auswanderer haben bereits einen Migrationshintergrund und setzen ihre Migration fort oder kehren in ihre Heimatländer zurück. Zudem zieht ein beachtlicher Teil der Auswanderer nach Österreich und in die Schweiz um, von wo aus eine ...
This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration and ethnicity indicators exert on the probability to naturalize beyond the standard individual and human capital characteristics. A robust finding is that German ...
We analyze the return-migration of German immigrants using the latest data of the German Socio- Economic Panel from 1984 to 2006. We conduct a Cox proportional hazard model with years of residence in Germany as waiting time. The analysis reveals that return migration is heavily influenced by country of origin. Individuals from countries with free labor movement agreements with Germany show a ...
While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have only increased slowly. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 and EU10 countries ...