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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
This study examines the 2016 reform of Germany's Residence Act that intended to foster refugee integration by extending the waiting period for permanent residency from three to five years and introducing requirements, such as proficiency in German and partial financial independence. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we employ a difference-in-differences design to analyse...
07.01.2026| Elena Matheny, European University Viadrina
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
In this paper we study the effectiveness of a randomized migration mentoring program, and the role of network embeddedness at origin, for migration decisions and outcomes in rural Senegal. The mentoring program improves job expectations when migrating, migration experiences, and economic outcomes. When the mentoring is attended by randomly assigned migrant from the origin village, positive...
04.02.2026| Cara Ebert, RWI
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Forced migration has intensified in the 21st century, driven by conflicts, persecution, and political instability in regions such as the Middle East, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, South-East Asia, Latin America and, most recently, Ukraine. Germany has become a primary destination for refugees within the European Union and one of the largest among the OECD countries. The IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey, ...
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European Sociological Review
42 (2026), 1, S. 146–163
| Herbert Brücker, Yuliya Kosyakova, Nina Rother, Sabine Zinn, Elisabeth Liebau, Wenke Gider, Silvia Schwanhäuser, Manuel Siegert
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Mentoring has become a popular support strategy for recently arrived immigrants and refugees, offering access to valuable information and resources. However, little is known about selection processes into mentoring programs—who chooses to enrol, who receives support, and whether these patterns are systematic. Such selection affects not only program evaluations but also broader issues of refugee integration ...
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European Sociological Review
(2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2025-08-25]
| Nicolas M. Legewie, Philipp Jaschke, Magdalena Krieger, Martin Kroh, Lea-Maria Löbel
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Objectives: This study examines unintended consequences (UIC) of public health and social measures (PHSM) in camps and camp-like settings and assesses the pathways through which these UIC arise. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and conceptual analysis of UIC from PHSM aimed at preventing SARS-CoV-2 spread in these settings. PHSM were classified using the WHO taxonomy and the CONSEQUENT framework ...
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Public Health Reviews
47 (2026), 1608732, 23 S.
| Maren Hintermeier, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Nora Gottlieb, Amir Mohsenpour, Navina Sarma, Renke Biallas, Louise Biddle
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Refereed essays Web of Science
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 ...
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Social Science & Medicine
370 (2025), 117854, 13 S.
| Louise Biddle, Barbara Stacherl, Ellen Heidinger
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Refereed essays Web of Science
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 ...
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European Sociological Review
41 (2025), 4, S. 553–574
| James Laurence, Jan Goebel
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Many high-income economies strive to integrate recently immigrated refugees and asylum-seekers into their labor markets. We contribute to the discussion of relevant policy tools and use rich survey data that are matched to precise administrative records on refugee immigrants to Germany. We study the impact of occupational recognition decisions on refugee outcomes. Applying a difference-in...
08.10.2025| Regina T. Riphahn, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
In this paper, we draw on two key models of stereotyping, the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) and the Agency-Beliefs-Communion (ABC) to study whether stereotypes associated to ethnic minorities predict discrimination in hiring in the German labor market. In study 1, we examined the content of the stereotypes that Germans ascribe to 38 ethnic minorities, drawing on a large-scale online survey (N=2,3...
12.11.2025| Ruta Yemane, the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Background On their way to host countries, refugees are often exposed to severe adversity, including cumulative experiences of fraud, extortion, robbery, detention, and shipwrecks, as well as prolonged, life-threatening small boat crossings. However, little research has examined the long-term impact of such peri-migration stressors on subsequent stress and mental health after arrival. This study explored ...
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BMC Public Health
25 (2025), 2582, 15 S.
| Usama EL-Awad, Robert Eves, Justin Hachenberger, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Theresa M. Entringer, Tobias Hecker, Oliver Razum, Odile Sauzet, Sakari Lemola