This paper comparatively analyzes strategies of German Jobcenters to bring native and immigrant job seekers into employment. It focuses on clients who receive means-tested basic income for the unemployed, based on data from the Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) from year 2015...

Vom Flüchtlingszustrom erhoffen sich viele vor allem eine Linderung des Fachkräftemangels und eine Entlastung der sozialen Systeme. Die Integration der Flüchtlinge sollte also nicht als "Belastung", sondern als Zukunftsinvestition verstanden werden. Langfristig gibt es gute Aussichten, dass...

Do migration policies affect whether immigrants contribute more to public finances than they receive as transfer payments? Yes. But simply accumulating the annual fiscal transfers to and fiscal contributions by migrants is not sufficient to identify the policy impact and the potential need for...

Happy people are healthier and more creative, productive, and sociable. Because of these positive effects of happiness, it is in the interest of countries to attract and retain happy people. With respect to the decision to migrate, the central question becomes whether people who are happier and...

Die Nettozuwanderung nach Deutschland nimmt seit 2010 deutlich zu. Der maßgebliche Faktor hierfür dürfte die konjunkturelle Sondersituation in Europa sein, die sich durch einen Arbeitsmarktboom in Deutschland und eine stark gestiegene Arbeitslosigkeit in anderen Teilen Europas auszeichnet....

This paper examines how immigrants’ optimal migration duration in the host country responds to the purchasing power parity (ppp) and relative wages between the host and source countries. A theoretical model of joint migration duration and saving decisions reveals that the optimal migration...

Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their...

This article analyses the effects of individual risk aversion and time preference on cross-border mobility intentions using a theoretical and empirical model. The paper extends the previous literature by considering both cross-border commuting and migration as modes of mobility. The theoretical...

Im Zuge des demografischen Wandels schrumpft das Angebot an Arbeitskräften, während die Zahl der Rentner deutlich steigt. Die Autoren prognostizieren, wie sich das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial in Deutschland bis 2050 entwickeln wird. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass - in der langen Frist - Zuwanderung...