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Labor Market Integration of German Immigrants and Their Children: Does Personality Matter?

Educational attainment, length of stay, differences in national background and language skills play an acknowledged important role for the integration of immigrants. But integration is also a social process, which suggests that psychological factors are relevant. This paper explores whether and to what extent immigrants and their children need to believe in their ability to control their own success. ...

Economic and Social Perspectives of Immigrant Children in Germany

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 ...

Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap

We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to analyze the determinants of the persistent native-migrant gap. One part of the gap can be attributed to differences in socioeconomic background and another part remains unexplained. Faced with this decomposition problem, we apply linear and matching decomposition methods. Accounting for ...

Biografische Drift und zweite Chance: Bildungs- und Berufsverläufe von Migrantennachkommen in Deutschland und Frankreich

Schul- und Berufsbildung junger Ausländer in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Bildungsbeteiligung, Schulbesuch und Abschlüsse

In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wohnten Ende 1987 rund 4,3 Millionen Ausländer, darunter eine Million im Alter von 6 bis unter 20 Jahren. Während die Gesamtzahl der Ausländer gegenüber 1973 - Anfang 1974 traten Anwerbebeschränkungen in Kraft - nur um 8 vH zugenommen hat, stieg die Zahl der jüngeren Ausländer um fast 50 vH. Die Entwicklung war bei deutschen und bei ausländischen Kindern und Jugendlichen ...

Schul- und Berufsausbildung junger Ausländer in Westdeutschland

ln diesem Bericht wird die Bildungsbeteiligung der ausländischen Schüler untersucht1, an welchen Schularten ausländische Kinder und Jugendliche eingeschult waren, mit welchen Abschlüssen sie die Schulen verließen und welche Unterschiede hierbei zwischen ausländischen und deutschen Schülern bestanden. Ausgewertet wurden die Bildungsstatisliken, .die allerdings über ausländische Schüler weniger umfassend ...

Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: An Analysis for Germany

This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive signifiantly lower returns than human ...

Residential Segregation and Immigrants' Satisfaction with the Neighborhood in Germany

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the relationship between immigrant residential segregation and immigrants' satisfaction with the neighborhood. The estimates show that immigrants living in segregated areas are less satisfied with the neighborhood. This is consistent with the hypothesis that housing discrimination rather than self-selection plays an important role ...

Ökonomie des Klimawandels: Die Bewältigung von Klimaschocks in der Mongolei – Vulnerabilität, Vermögen und Migration (Shocks Mongolia)

Das Projekt untersucht die Auswirkungen von Klimaschocks auf das Wohlergehen und Verhalten von Haushalten in der Mongolei. Insbesondere werden dabei extreme Wetterereignisse, sogenannte Dzud-Katastrophen, betrachtet (siehe Kasten). Mit fortschreitendem Klimawandel ist damit zu rechnen, dass solche Klimaschocks häufiger und in extremeren Umfang auftreten werden. Im Rahmen des Projekts wird eine...

Economics of Climate Change: Coping with Shocks in Mongolia – Vulnerability, Assets and Migration (Shocks Mongolia)

This project analyzes the impact of climate shocks on the livelihoods and welfare of households in Mongolia. Our analysis particularly focuses on extreme weather events, locally called dzud disasters (see box below). As a consequence of climate change and global warming, it is very likely that climate shocks, such as dzud, will occur more frequently and with greater intensity. As part of the...