All articles for: migrants
July 31, 2025 | Labour Market Policy
Drivers of employment growth: An overview of the integration of migrants into the German labour market
Herbert Brücker
In the public debate in Germany, it is often assumed that it is financially more attractive for migrants and refugees to remain on... Read more
February 19, 2025 | Interviews
ELMI Policy Talk: Immigrant integration services in Germany, Sweden and Finland
Jonathan Latner
How do different countries integrate immigrants? How does language training link with skills training? Do these distinct policy choices have an impact on... Read more
July 25, 2024 | Interviews
“Institutional hurdles slow the integration of refugees down”
Jutta Winters
When refugees first arrive in Germany, apart from individual constraints, institutional hurdles hinder them from integrating into the labour market. However, seven years... Read more
March 2, 2023 | Interviews
“Refugees from Ukraine face considerable uncertainty about their future”
Christiane Keitel, Jutta Winters
More than one million people have fled Ukraine to find refuge in Germany. But how are they doing in the meantime? Between August... Read more
August 9, 2022 | Groups of Persons
Essential occupations: what are the working conditions like?
Anton Nivorozhkin, Friedrich Poeschel
Most jobs in essential occupations in Germany have relatively good working conditions. Yet a substantial share of jobs has bad ones, and here... Read more
August 20, 2020 | Education and Chances of Employment
Daughters of migrants often participate in further training
Ute Leber, Franziska Schreyer, Huy Le Quang
Participation in vocational further training is unequally distributed among different groups. Migrants daughters often participate in further training. Men, who immigrated themselves, seldom... Read more
October 17, 2018 | Groups of Persons
Labour market integration of refugees gains momentum
Herbert Brücker
A good 70 percent of refugees in Germany come from eight non-European asylum seekers' countries of origin. Their integration into the German labour... Read more
March 23, 2018 | Groups of Persons
Low Wage Growth in Germany? – Don’t Blame the Migrants!
Sabine Klinger, Enzo Weber
The German labour market follows a fascinating employment trend since the year 2005. In contrast, wage growth remained weak until 2010 and although... Read more