Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus …

study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

persistence and association of health capital assessments of first and second-generation migrants with that of their ancestral … assessments by an average of 16%, and that of second generation migrants between 11% and 25%. Estimates are heterogeneous by …

find a significant left-bias of second generation migrants relative to observationally identical natives, similar in …

-random occurrence of terrorist attacks in the home country relative to the timing of interviews and job separations in Germany. We show … remain in Germany permanently. Immigrants react more strongly if they are less integrated in Germany and have close family …

, exploiting administrative data from Germany and the 2004 enlargement of the European Union. We find that immigrants who enter … Germany when a unit of earnings from Germany allows for larger consumption at home settle for lower entry wages, but …