First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany -

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This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants and review the received literature on economic migration research in the three principal avenues of migration research. The aspect which we concentrate on in our empirical application, the welfare dependence of immigrants, is a matter of intense debate among economists and policy makers. We contrast the very moderate actual public transfer payment dependence of migrants to Germany with the perception of migrants dependence on public assistance by Germans from various population strata.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 286

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: Immigration ; public transfers ; attitudes ; Migranten ; Sozialtransfer ; Sozialhilfeempfänger ; Öffentliche Meinung ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fertig, Michael ; Schmidt, Christoph M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21139
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET