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Migration and trust: Evidence from West Germany after unification

This study uses the German socioeconomic panel data to investigate the effects of mass migration of East Germans on the generalized trust of West Germans who experienced the aftermath of the unification. Results suggest that West Germans’ trust is negatively correlated with migration, but the persistent effect is only confined to participants in the labor markets at the time. The subsequent analysis ...

Mentorenprogramme fördern die Integration von Geflüchteten

In den Jahren 2014 bis 2016 suchten über eine Millionen Menschen Zuflucht in Deutschland. Viele BürgerInnen engagierten sich in dieser Zeit auf unterschiedliche Weise, um Geflüchtete zu unterstützen. Insbesondere gewannen Mentorenprogramme an Bedeutung. Wie dieser Bericht zeigt, wirkt sich die Teilnahme an einem Mentorenprogramm positiv auf Geflüchtete aus: Sie verbessern ihre Sprachkenntnisse und ...

Mentoring Programs Support the Integration of Refugees

Over a million people sought asylum in Germany between 2014 and 2016. During this time, many Germans began volunteering in various ways to help refugees and mentorship pro- grams in particular gained significance. As this report shows, participating in a mentorship program has a positive impact on refugees: They improve their language skills and become more socially active. Mentors experience the relationship ...

Are the Supporters of Socialism the Losers of Capitalism? Conformism in East Germany and Transition Success

The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country’s democratization goes hand in hand with a reallocation of economic resources. With newly available individual-level data of former residents of the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR), we analyse how supporters and opponents of the socialist system performed within the market-based democracy of West Germany after reunification. ...

Hartz IV bedeutet existenzielle Not

Laut einer Studie des Paritätischen Gesamtverbands werden Erwerbslose abgehängt und ausgegrenzt

The Role of Unemployment and Job Change When Estimating the Returns to Migration

Estimating the returns to migration from East to West Germany, we focus on pre-migration employment dynamics, earnings uncertainty, and job change. Migrants are found to be negatively selected with respect to labor market outcomes, with a large drop in earnings and employment during the last few months before migration. We find sizeable positive earnings and employment gains of migration both in comparison ...

Gewinner der Globalisierung: Individuelle Konsequenzen von Auslandsaufenthalten und internationaler Mobilität

Das Wichtigste in Kürze: Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt sind über 1,8 Millionen Deutsche ins Ausland fortgezogen. Internationale Mobilität gewinnt für die Lebensläufe der jüngeren Generation zunehmend an Bedeutung. Für zwei Drittel der umgezogenen Personen ist der Auslandsaufenthalt nur zeitlich befristet und für einige Jahre geplant. Ebenfalls zwei Drittel dieser Personen lebten bereits früher einmal im ...

First Time Around: Local Conditions and Multi-dimensional Integration of Refugees

We study the causal effect of local labor market conditions and attitudes towards immigrants at the time of arrival on refugees’ multi-dimensional integration outcomes (economic, linguistic, navigational, political, psychological, and social). Using a unique dataset on refugees, we leverage a centralized allocation policy in Germany where refugees were exogenously assigned to live in specific counties. ...