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Research Project
DECIPHE is the first project to comprehensively study whether and how profound demographic changes in Europe impact the intergenerational persistence of homeownership, considering variations across countries, regions, and birth cohorts.
It adopts a life course framework on housing tenure, in which individuals’ homeownership is shaped by their household members’ preferences and resources and...
Current Project| German Socio-Economic Panel study
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Refereed essays Web of Science
With the so-called 'long summer of migration' of 2015, there was an urgent need to accommodate many refugees in Germany. This situation was framed as a 'refugee reception crisis', and it revealed diametrically opposed stances within German society. Within this debate, anti-refugee sentiment is often explained with the placement of nearby refugee reception facilities. Conclusive evidence of this claim ...
In:
European Sociological Review
40 (2024),4, 615–638
| Katja Schmidt, Jannes Jacobsen, Theresa Iglauer
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Press Release
Second survey wave of around 7,000 Ukrainians on their life situations and progress in social participation
For the second time, Ukrainians who fled because of the Russian war of aggression were interviewed about their life in Germany. Key results are: At the beginning of 2023, almost half of the respondents intend to stay in Germany in the longer term. The number of people in employment has increased ...
12.07.2023
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DIW Roundup 144 / 2023
International migration emerges as an important driver of globalization since migrants play a salient role in diffusing international norms and practices across borders. Through a variety of channels migrants are capable of encouraging democratic behavior back in their countries of origin. On the other hand, immigration is commonly at the forefront of political debates in hosting economies of migrants, ...
2023| Annika Westen
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
One of the primary objectives of protests and demonstrations is to bring social, political, or economic issues to the attention of politicians and the wider population. While protests can have a mobilizing and persuading effect, they may reduce support for their cause if turned disruptive or disorganised. In this study, we look at how local or spontaneously organized far-right and xenophobic...
15.11.2023| Christopher Prömel, Freie Universität Berlin
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
joint with Alexander Schmidt-Catran, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
This study analyses the impact of a high-profile crime event on perceived public safety. At the 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne (NYE), Germany, refugees allegedly committed thousands of crimes, ranging from theft to sexual assault. The widespread media coverage of these incidents has made a shift in the publics’...
14.06.2023| Martin Lange, ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
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Refereed essays Web of Science
In recent years, Costa Rica has experienced greater international migration from neighboring countries due to political, economic, and social reasons, raising discussions on the impact of migration on wages of native Costa Rican workers. This article is the first that disentangles the impact of migration on wages for native Costa Ricans from the impact for settled immigrants by analyzing the effect ...
In:
Migration Studies
11 (2023), 1, S. 23–51
| Adriana Cardozo Silva, Luis R. Díaz Pavez, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso
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Other refereed essays
Immigrants have been affected more than native-born ethnic majority populations by the negative economic consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This contribution examines whether they have also experienced higher levels of perceived job insecurity, reflected in a differential increase in financial concerns and the fear of job loss during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This empirical study employs the SOEP-CoV ...
In:
Social Sciences
11 (2022), 5, 224, 23 S.
| Marvin Bürmann, Jannes Jacobsen, Cornelia Kristen, Simon Kühne, Dorian Tsolak
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
This paper evaluates the effects of immigration on health in the workplace. Using rich linked employer-employee data, I demonstrate that firms with a higher concentration of foreign workers experience lower rates of long-term sick leave among native employees. The effect on the total sick rate is smaller in magnitude. The results are consistent with foreign employment alleviating understaffing and...
08.11.2023| Izabela Wnuk-Soares
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Externe Monographien
Diese Dissertation setzt sich aus vier empirischen Kapiteln über Ungleichheit zusammen, wobei die Kapitel 1 und 2 regionale Ungleichheiten behandeln, während die Kapitel 3 und 4 Ungleichheit auf individueller Ebene untersuchen.Das erste Kapitel leistet einen methodischen Beitrag zur Literatur über regionale Ungleichheit, indem es den Befehl fayherriot für die Statistiksoftware Stata bereitstellt. Der ...
Berlin:
Freie Universität Berlin,
2022,
XV, 212 S.
| Christoph Halbmeier