Empirically identifying the causal effect of social networks on migrants' economic prospects is a challenging task due to the non-random residential sorting of migrants into locations with greater opportunities for (previous) connections. Our study addresses this selection-bias issue by using a...

Members of certain minority groups are disadvantaged in different areas of society, such as the labor and housing market and the healthcare system. This is referred to as discrimination if people are disadvantaged solely based on their group membership (e.g., ethnic background or religious...

Die Bundesregierung verfolgt in der Wachstumsinitiative das Ziel, die Einwanderung in den Arbeitsmarkt zu stärken. In den ersten drei Jahren sollen 30 %, 20 % und 10 % des Bruttoeinkommens neu zugezogener Fachkräfte steuerfrei gestellt werden. Der Adressatenkreis ist noch nicht exakt...

This research report investigates the labour market integration of Ukrainian refugees across various European countries, including many EU member states as well as the UK, Switzerland, and Norway, in the period from Q4 2022 to Q1 2024. Comparing the employment rates of Ukrainian refugees across...

Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Die Forschungseinrichtung der Arbeitsmarktintegration von Migranten Die Potenziale kultureller Vielfalt nutzen Andreas...

This article analyses the conditions under which employers grant immigrants access to jobs corresponding to their foreign education. It is often observed that employers prefer native-educated employees and devalue foreign education. We argue that part of this devaluation is due to institutional...

The European refugee crisis of 2015 has led to a renewed surge of research into how to integrate refugees - as well as family and labour migrants – into European societies and in particular into EU labour markets. The papers in this Forum examine previous research on immigrant integration and...