This article examines the population effects of the forced migration of eight million ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II. The population shock occurred unevenly across West Germany counties, ranging from 1.4 percent to 83 percent of...
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Jobs, Crime and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
This paper examines the short-term effects of refugee arrivals on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior in Germany. Between 2014 and 2015, more than one million refugees arrived in Germany. The authors exploit exogeneous variations in the number of refugees per...
Neighborhood quality and opposition to immigration: Evidence from German refugee shelters
This paper examines whether refugee immigration during 2014-2016 affected the quality of neighborhood amenities and support for anti-immigration political parties in Berlin, Germany. From 2014 to 2016, refugees made more than 70 thousand initial applications for...
Forced Migration, Social Cohesion and Conflict: The 2015 Refugee Inflow in Germany
This paper investigates whether large-scale refugee arrivals in 2015/16 affected social cohesion in Germany. Over one million asylum seekers arrived in Germany between 2014 and 2016. To estimate a causal effect of refugees on social cohesion, the authors exploit the...
Refugees welcome?’ The interplay between perceived threats and general concerns on the acceptance of refugees – a factorial survey approach in Germany
This article explores attitudes to asylum seekers in Dresden, Germany. The analysis is based on online surveys of over 1,000 residents conducted in Dresden in the first half of 2016. In addition to collecting information on local safety concerns and overall wellbeing,...
Does the education level of refugees affect natives’ attitudes?
This paper examines whether attitudes toward refugees in Germany are affected by beliefs about refugees’ educational attainment. The analysis is based on an online survey experiment conducted with more than 4,000 respondents representative of the adult population in...
From welcome culture to welcome limits? Uncovering preference changes over time for sheltering refugees in Germany
This paper explores the acceptance of refugee and migrant homes in citizens’ neighborhoods in Germany and how attitudes change over time. The analysis is based on responses to a ‘stated choice experiment’, where respondents were asked to consider different attributes...
German public opinion on admitting refugees
This paper discusses German public attitudes to admitting refugees. The paper presents descriptive statistics from the Barometer of Public Opinion on Refugees in Germany, which is a representative survey of around 2,000 German residents in March 2016. Main findings:...
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Child and Adolescent Refugees and Asylum Seekers
This systematic review aims to establish estimates for the prevalence of mental illness in child and adolescent refugee populations. The review identified a limited number of high-quality studies measuring prevalence estimates of mental illness, despite the...
How the different policies and school systems affect the inclusion of Syrian refugee children in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey
This article compares how Syrian refugee children are included, or not included, in the educational systems in two Northern European countries (Sweden and Germany), one South European country (Greece) and two neighboring countries of Syria (Turkey and Lebanon). These...