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Decomposing discrimination: why a holistic approach to racism hides more than it reveals

Koopmans, Ruud - 2021

as ethnicity and religion. In addition, the "intersectional" interactions between these different characteristics are a … that such a concept of racism is not very helpful in understanding actual patterns of discrimination. Phenotype, ethnicity … and religion each have independent effects on discrimination. Tendencies towards discrimination differ greatly between …

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Belonging or estrangement : the European refugee crisis and its effects on immigrant identity

Prömel, Christopher - 2021

This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasiexperimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are allocated to different counties by state authorities...

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Scared straight? : threat and assimilation of refugees in Germany

Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - 2023

This paper studies the effects of local threat on cultural and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of refugees with...

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Intergenerational mobility and self-selection of asylum seekers in Germany

Kolb, Michael; Neidhöfer, Guido; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2019 - This version, 13 June 2019

We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their region of origin. The findings show that the refugees...

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Labor market integration of migrants : hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states

König, Jan; Skupnik, Christoph - 2012

We apply a monopoly trade union model and analyze employment, wage and budgetary effects of (i) an inflow of migrant workers and (ii) an increase in the labor market participation rate of migrants. Per assumption, natives and migrants solely differ with respect to the level of benefit claims in...

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Do refugees impact crime? : causal evidence from large-scale refugee immigration to Germany

Lange, Martin; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2023

Does large-scale refugee immigration affect crime rates in receiving countries? We address this question based on the large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015-2016. Arriving refugees were dispersed across the country based on a binding dispersal policy, yet we show that...

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National identity and the integration of second-generation immigrants

Monscheuer, Ole - 2020

This paper studies the effect of immigrants' national identity on integration in an inter-generational context. Economic theory predicts that the origin country identity of immigrants affects their children's integration through its effects on social network choices and incentives to invest in...

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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018

Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host … German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in a model with region and ethnicity fixed effects. Our results indicate that …

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Refugees and social capital : evidence from Northern Lebanon

Hager, Anselm; Valasek, Justin - 2020

Despite numerous studies on the social and political impact of refugees in Europe, we have very little systematic evidence on the impact of refugee settlement on social cohesion in the developing world. Using data gathered in Northern Lebanon, we show that increased salience of the "refugee...

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The legacy of state socialism on attitudes toward immigration

Lange, Martin - 2021

Does the politico-economic system affect preferences for immigration? In this study, I show that individuals exposed to life under state socialism have formed and persistently hold different attitudes toward immigration. By exploiting the division and reunification of Germany, I estimate the...

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