This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...

The widespread use of foreign aid to address the "root causes" of irregular migration lacks a robust empirical foundation. In a new study (Fuchs, A., A. Groeger, T. Heidland, and L. Wellner (2023). The Effect of Foreign Aid on Migration: Global Micro-Evidence from World Bank Projects. Kiel...

Educational outcomes of children are highly dependent on household and schoollevel inputs. In poor countries, remittances from migrants can provide additional funds for the education of the left behind. At the same time the absence of migrant parents can affect families’ time allocation...

Cosmopolitan or anxious? In order to test the influence of conflicting aspects of identity, German respondents were asked about their attitude towards a Syrian refugee the description of whom was varied in various domains (N=662). Once the refugee is described as being aware of as well as open...

In diesem Kapitel wird untersucht, in welcher Weise reguläre und irreguläre Migration die Wohlfahrt beeinflusst. Nettowohlfahrtseffekte betreffen Migrant/innen, Herkunftsländer und Aufnahmeländer in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß und werden von den Merkmalen der Migrant/innen beeinflusst,...

In den Wahlprogrammen der Parteien für die Bundestagswahl 2021 finden sich sehr unterschiedliche Migrationsbilder. Einige Programme sind stärker auf Verhinderung, andere eher auf die sich bietenden Chancen fokussiert. Die Autoren stellen fest, dass alle Parteien das Thema Flucht und Asyl in...

In this paper, we examine the complex relationship between geopolitical tensions and migration, developing a framework to explore how these dynamics shape each other. We argue that geopolitical risks - such as wars, terrorism, and international disputes - are related in three ways to migration:...

Seasonal migration is an ever more important phenomenon worldwide, but has received little attention in empirical research. This paper investigates the choice of seasonal versus longer-term migration on a household level. We use data from Moldova, a country that is witnessing a massive...