Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the vulnerable position of Germany's children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as improvements in day care provision for children. With respect to selected non-monetary as well as monetary indicators our empirical analyses show significant ...
Bonn:
IZA,
2001,
28 S.
(Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 301)
| Joachim R. Frick, Gert G. Wagner
Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2001
This paper deals with the relative economic performance of immigrants compared to the native born population in Germany. We compare pre and post-government income, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1995 to 1997. We categorize six population subgroups by the ethnicity of the adult household members: native-born West Germans, East Germans, "pure" Aussiedler (ethnic German immigrants), ...
Are immigrants on welfare because they are more likely to be eligible or because they are more likely to claim benefits for which they are eligible? The answer is politically important, but because most current research on immigration and welfare is based on data from the United States, the answer is difficult due to the complexities of the transfer system which make eligibility determinations difficult. ...
In:
International Migration Review
35 (2001), 135, S. 726-748
| Edward Castronova, Hilke Kayser, Joachim R. Frick, Gert G. Wagner
In:
Koen Vleminckx, Timothy M. Smeeding (Eds.) ,
Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations
Bristol : Policy Press
S. 275-298
| Joachim R. Frick, Gert G. Wagner
In:
Edda Currle, Tanja Wunderlich (Hrsg.) ,
Deutschland - ein Einwanderungsland?
Stuttgart : Lucius und Lucius
S. 299-325
| Joachim R. Frick, Gert G. Wagner
In Germany the foreign born population is made up of foreigners and so called ”ethnic Germans” who migrated from eastern European countries to Germany. While the first group is confronted with problems arising from the typical German concept of ethnicity and citizenship, the latter are entitled to a German passport immediately after crossing the border. About one half of the immigrants who entered ...