the language proficiency of immigrants by exploiting the fact that the initial placement of guest-workers after WWII was … several data sets, we find a small but robust and significant negative effect of ethnic concentration on immigrants' language … presence of the effect. Immigrants with high learning costs are inclined to move to ethnic enclaves, so that the share of …

the language proficiency of immigrants by exploiting the fact that the initial placement of guest-workers after WWII was … several data sets, we find a small but robust and significant negative effect of ethnic concentration on immigrants' language … presence of the effect. Immigrants with high learning costs are inclined to move to ethnic enclaves, so that the share of …

attitudes towards immigrants promote refugees' economic and social integration. The results suggest that attitudes toward … immigrants are as important as local unemployment rates in shaping refugees' integration outcomes. Using a machine learning …We study the causal effect of local labor market conditions and attitudes towards immigrants at the time of arrival on …

concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants switches off observable and unobservable differences in …It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society … immigrants' inter-ethnic contact networks and social activities, we are able to identify the causal effect of ethnic …

concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants "switches off" observable and unobservable differences in …It is widely debated whether immigrants who live among co-ethnics are less willing to integrate into the host society … immigrants' inter-ethnic contact networks and social activities, we are able to identify the causal effect of ethnic …

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany … differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration … characteristics. A robust finding is that German citizenship is very valuable to female immigrants and the generally better educated …

This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany … differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration … characteristics. A robust finding is that German citizenship is very valuable to female immigrants and the generally better educated …

In this paper, we analyze how the formal recognition of immigrants' foreign occupational qualifications afects their … information to their administrative records, allowing us to observe immigrants at monthly intervals before, during and after their …. After three years, the full recognition of immigrants' foreign qualifications increases their employment rates by 24 …

We document the educational integration of immigrant children with a focus on the link between family size and … educational decisions and distinguishing particularly between first- and second-generation immigrants and between source country … education track attendance from the first to the second generation of immigrants. Second, we find that reduced fertility is …