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Publications of the Project: Refugee Families in Germany (Geflüchtete Familien in Deutschland, GeFam)

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  • DIW Weekly Report 4/5/6 / 2019

    Language Skills and Employment Rate of Refugees in Germany Improving with Time

    Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with little formal education. Compared to the previous year, refugees’ German skills have improved, as have their participation rates in the workforce, education, ...

    2019| Herbert Brücker, Johannes Croisier, Yuliya Kosyakova, Hannes Kröger, Giuseppe Pietrantuono, Nina Rother, Jürgen Schupp
  • DIW Weekly Report 42 / 2018

    Refugees in Germany with Children Still Living Abroad Have Lowest Life Satisfaction

    Family strongly influences personal well-being—especially in the case of refugees, whose family members often remain in their homeland. This report is the first to closely examine the well-being and family structures of refugees who came to Germany between January 2013 and January 2016. It uses data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees in Germany. Among individuals aged between 18 and 49, nine ...

    2018| Ludovica Gambaro, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Diana Schacht, C. Katharina Spieß
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 3/4 / 2017

    Refugee Integration: A Worthwile Investment

    The initial fiscal costs associated with refugee integration are quite high—but as more and more refugees join the labor force, a reduction in ongoing welfare costs and an increase in government revenue will result. Against this background, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg and DIW Berlin conducted a joint investigation (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social ...

    2017| Stefan Bach, Herbert Brücker, Peter Haan, Agnese Romiti, Kristina van Deuverden, Enzo Weber
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 48 / 2016

    Forced Migration, Arrival in Germany, and First Steps toward Integration

    A new representative survey of a total of 4,500 recently arrived refugees to Germany conducted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the Research Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) has generated an entirely new database for analyzing forced migration and the ...

    2016| Herbert Brücker, Nina Rother, Jürgen Schupp, Christian Babka von Gostomski, Axel Böhm, Tanja Fendel, Martin Friedrich, Marco Giesselmann, Yuliya Kosyakova, Martin Kroh, Simon Kühne, Elisabeth Liebau, David Richter, Agnese Romiti, Diana Schacht, Jana A. Scheible, Paul Schmelzer, Manuel Siegert, Steffen Sirries, Parvati Trübswetter, Ehsan Vallizadeh
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 34/35 / 2016

    Children and Adolescents with Refugee Background Less Likely to Participate in Voluntary Educational Programs - with Exception of Extracurricular School Activities

    Non-compulsory educational programs including extracurricular school activities, child day care centers, and non-formal educational programs, such as sports or music activities outside of school, make an important contribution to social integration. But to what extent do children and their families actually make use of these voluntary programs? On the basis of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the ...

    2016| C. Katharina Spieß, Franz Westermaier, Jan Marcus
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 34/35 / 2016

    Half of the Refugees in Germany Found Their First Job Through Social Contacts

    In Germany, the majority of people tend to find work through friends, acquaintances, and relatives when they first enter the labor market or switch jobs. The same applies to immigrants and their offspring. Integrating refugees into the labor market is considered crucial to their overall integration into society, yet little is known about how they land their first jobs. The present paper attempts to ...

    2016| Philipp Eisnecker, Diana Schacht
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 34/35 / 2016

    Refugees Entered the Labor Market Later Than Other Migrants

    It has taken longer for refugees who have been living in Germany for some time, particularly those who arrived between 1990 and 2010, to take up gainful employment than other migrants. These findings are based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the IAB-SOEP Migration Sample. In addition, these refugees show a higher rate of unemployment and earn lower incomes by comparison even years ...

    2016| Zerrin Salikutluk, Johannes Giesecke, Martin Kroh
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 34/35 / 2016

    Language Acquisition: Refugees Nearly Achieve Proficiency Level of Other Migrants

    Whether they’re looking to participate in social life, enter the German labor market, or obtain relevant training certificates, learning German is a critical part of integration for the majority of refugees—and yet only a handful of studies have examined their language acquisition patterns and skill levels. The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample, which was collected by the Institute for Employment Research ...

    2016| Elisabeth Liebau, Diana Schacht
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 34/35 / 2016

    Many Refugees Have Work Experience but a Smaller Share Possess Formal Vocational Qualifications

    Academic and vocational qualifications play a crucial role when it comes to successfully integrating refugees and other migrants into society. What qualifications did migrants already acquire in their country of origin and which did they obtain in Germany? And to what extent are qualifications gained abroad recognized in Germany? The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample shows that the majority of the migrant ...

    2016| Elisabeth Liebau, Zerrin Salikutluk
  • DIW Economic Bulletin 34/35 / 2016

    Integrating Refugees: Insights from the Past: Editorial

    2016| Philipp Eisnecker, Johannes Giesecke, Martin Kroh, Elisabeth Liebau, Jan Marcus, Zerrin Salikutluk, Diana Schacht, C. Katharina Spieß, Franz Westermaier
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