In the last years, the labor market integration of immigrant women has received much attention in the migration literature. We examine gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and other new immigrants who came to Germany during a similar period from a dynamic perspective. We...

While general ethnic disadvantages are well documented, much less is known about coinciding disadvantages of ethnic origin and gender. Based on theoretical arguments of human capital theory, sociocultural approaches, labour market segmentation theory, and discrimination mechanisms, we...

Die jährlichen IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragungen von Geflüchteten deuten darauf hin, dass es bei deren Arbeitsmarktintegration deutliche Fortschritte gibt. Dabei zeigen sich aber große Geschlechterunterschiede: Von den geflüchteten Männern, die seit 2013 nach Deutschland gekommen sind und...

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...

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...

Bei der Gruppe der bereits länger in Deutschland lebenden Geflüchteten, die insbesondere zwischen 1990 und 2010 einwanderten, dauerte die Aufnahme einer Erwerbstätigkeit länger als bei anderen MigrantInnen. Das zeigen die Daten des Sozio- oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) und der...