The H-1B program allows skilled foreign-born individuals to work in the United States. The annual quota on new H-1B issuances fell from 195,000 to 65,000 for employees of most firms in fiscal year 2004. This cap did not apply to new employees of colleges, universities, and non-profit research...

We investigate whether the stock of foreigners residing in a country leads to a larger number of terrorist attacks on that country. Our instrument for the stock of foreigners relies on the interaction of two sets of variables. Variation across host-origin-dyads results from structural...

We use remarkable population-level administrative education and birth records from Florida to study the role of Long-Term Orientation on the educational attainment of immigrant students living in the US. Controlling for the quality of schools and individual characteristics, students from...

Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich im Kontext der Internationalisierung der Gesellschaft und deren Auswirkungen auf die Raumentwicklung mit den Wohnstandorten der ausländischen Bevölkerung. Dargestellt werden die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung zu den Wohnstandorten in der im Bundesland Hessen...

The label expatriates is increasingly used by and applied to a growing number of persons who do not fit classical concepts of company-driven expatriation. While relevant research is engaged in establishing interaction with smaller samples of self- initiated expatriates, the present article...

Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich im Kontext der Internationalisierung der Gesellschaft und deren Auswirkungen auf die Raumentwicklung mit den Wohnstandorten der ausländischen Bevölkerung. Dargestellt werden die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung zu den Wohnstandorten in der im Bundesland Hessen...

Die ausländische Bevölkerung ist in den ersten acht Monaten des Jahres 2015 nach Angaben des Ausländerzentralregisters um 488.000 Personen gewachsen. Hinzu kommen Flüchtlinge, die noch nicht erfasst wurden. Das EASY-System (Erstverteilung von Asylbegehrenden) hat in den ersten acht Monaten...

Etwa 11,5 Prozent der 2,6 Millionen Studierenden an deutschen Hochschulen kommen aus dem Ausland. Als Fachkräfte der Zukunft sind sie ein wichtiges Potenzial für den Arbeitsmarkt und bereichern die Gesellschaft. Wer bleiben möchte, muss jedoch mit Schwierigkeiten rechnen. Wichtig ist es...

Introduction -- What this book is about -- Impressions of Guangzhou -- A brief history of foreigners in Guangzhou -- Foreign places in Guangzhou -- How this book's research was done -- Foreigners in Guangzhou -- "The Chinese dream": stories of eight foreigners -- Rich foreigner, poor foreigner...

Using unique administrative micro panel data, this paper presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of the return of recent foreign students in The Netherlands. The life course experiences of these students in the host, both on the labour market and in marriage formation, impact their decision...

In many industries like management consulting, IT consulting, or construction highly qualified employees, i.e., experts or executive managers, have to be assigned to temporary projects. In firms with many employees and various different projects, this assignment decision involves a complex...

We analyze how the share of immigrant children in the classroom affects the educational attainment of native Dutch children in terms of their language and math performance at the end of primary school. Our paper studies the spill-over effects at different parts of the test score distribution of...

In many industries like management consulting, IT consulting, or construction highly qualified employees, i.e., experts or executive managers, have to be assigned to temporary projects. In firms with many employees and various different projects, this assignment decision involves a complex...