Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2022), 55 S. PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w30381
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w30381
Schlagwörter	Soziale Integration; Arbeitsmarkt; Deutschland; Flüchtling; Integration; Soziale Integration; Inklusion; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitspapier; Finanzielle Situation; Integration; Flüchtling; Migrant; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of refugees with corresponding information on locals, and construct a threat index that integrates contemporaneous and historical variables. On average, refugees assimilate both culturally and economically. However, while refugees assigned to more hostile regions converge to local culture more quickly, they do not exhibit faster economic assimilation. Our evidence suggests that refugees exert more assimilation effort in response to local threat, but do not integrate faster because of higher discrimination in more hostile regions.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2023/1