This paper investigates how the size of co-ethnic networks at the time of arrival affect the economic success of immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between initial network size and long-run immigrant outcomes....

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of...

Die Integration ausländischer Zuwanderer geschieht über den Arbeitsmarkt. Dar­in sind sich die meisten Beobachter der gegenwärtigen Flüchtlingskrise einig. Doch welche Möglichkeiten sehen die Unternehmen? In welchen Berufsfeldern gibt es konkrete Chancen? Welche Hindernisse stehen einer...

Germany is currently experiencing a huge flood of people. A large share of these refugees will remain in Germany. Appropriate institutional framework conditions need to be created in the labour market and in the social security system to produce a win-win situation with regard to immigration,...

Die Integration ausländischer Zuwanderer geschieht über den Arbeitsmarkt. Dar­in sind sich die meisten Beobachter der gegenwärtigen Flüchtlingskrise einig. Doch welche Möglichkeiten sehen die Unternehmen? In welchen Berufsfeldern gibt es konkrete Chancen? Welche Hindernisse stehen einer...

This paper investigates how the size of co-ethnic networks at the time of arrival affect the economic success of immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between initial network size and long-run immigrant outcomes....

This paper investigates how the size of co-ethnic networks at the time of arrival affect the economic success of immigrants in Germany. Applying panel analysis with a large set of fixed effects and controls, we isolate the association between initial network size and long-run immigrant outcomes....