This paper analyses the savings behaviour of natives and immigrants in Germany. It is argued that uncertainty about … remittances into account. Moreover, we find that marginal propensity to save for immigrants is about 40% higher than that for … natives. We then exploit a natural experiment arising from a change in nationality law in Germany in 2000 to estimate the …

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …

individuals with a personal migration background. Major findings are: First, concerns about xenophobia lead to higher remittances …The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In … contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of …

Verständnisses von Migration als prinzipiell unabgeschlossenen Prozess neue empirische Perspektiven für die Migrationsforschung …In contrast to the vast body of data on immigration to Germany, there is almost no scientifically valid data available … on emigration flows from Germany and the factors motivating people to emigrate. In particular, there is an almost total …

immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with …

The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and …

replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment. Defending wages with replacement incomes brings about first …) exclusion of migrants from a national subsidy program makes it possible to avoid a distortion of the migration pattern. …

covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that … language learning in Germany. Additionally, trade flows are strongly associated with language learning in non-EU high …

This paper proposes a theory of migration decisions in which cultural traits play a role. Individuals are assumed to … diverse regions become even more diverse because of migration, while culturally homogeneous regions become even more …

-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). With the pilot study "Living outside Germany", the longitudinal German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP … residence prior to immigration (former West / former East Germany). However, significant age and earning-specific selectivity …