European East-West Migration, 1945–1992

Faßmann, Heinz; Münz, Rainer

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“…With the breakdown of the socialist regimes, departure from Eastern European countries was facilitated and the in ux of Aussiedler to Germany increased rapidly (Fassmann and Münz 1994;Münz and Ohliger 1997;Bade and Oltmer 1999). 3 As may be seen from Figure 1, between 1988 and 1998 more than two million Aussiedler migrated from Eastern Europe to Germany, composing about 25 per cent of all migrants to Germany in the years between 1989 and 1995 (Lederer 1997).…”

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The performance of migrants in occupational labour markets

Kreyenfeld¹,

Konietzka²

2002

European Societies

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Since the breakdown of communism, Germany has experienced a major in ux of Aussiedler who are basically migrants originating from Eastern European countries. In this article, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel of the year 1998 to analyse the labour market performance of this group of migrants. Our key hypothesis guiding the empirical investigations is that in occupational labour markets, such as the German one, migrants are faced with speci c problems when transferring their educational and vocational skills acquired in other countries. Only if they gain access to their trained occupations are they able to perform well in the labour market. Otherwise, occupational closure hinders them from receiving returns to their educational and vocational quali cations.

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Section: Migration Of Aussiedler To Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%

The performance of migrants in occupational labour markets

Kreyenfeld¹,

Konietzka²

2002

European Societies

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“…Before 1989, emigration from the GDR was severely restricted. In 1989, the emigration of roughly 180,000 East Germans before the fall of the Berlin Wall (via Hungary and Austria), and of another 210,000 thereafter, contributed decisively to the collapse of communism in East Germany (Fassmann and Munz, 1994). In 1990, another 395,000 East Germans emigrated to West Germany.…”

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The role of social networks in determining migration and labour market outcomes

Rainer

Siedler

2009

Economics of Transition

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This paper empirically examines social network explanations for migration decisions in the context of German reunification. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we first show that the presence of a family in West Germany is an important predictor for the migration hazard rate of East Germans. We then explore whether pre-migration networks have a discernible impact on the economic and social assimilation of East German immigrants in West Germany. We find that East German immigrants are more likely to be employed and to hold higher paying jobs when socially connected to the West prior to emigrating.JEL classifications: C23, J61.

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“…Immigration policies are mostly designed to differentiate between the various groups of foreigners. 3 Somewhat surprisingly, the main East±West migration of the 1990s was of an ethnic character (Fassman and Mu È nz, 1995;Brubaker, 1998). While emigration to Germany outnumbered any other destination countries by far, the main immigrant groups into Germany are not regarded as migrants since they are ethnic Germans (Ho È nekopp, 2000).…”

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Channelling and filtering migration: Hungary's bilateral labour migration agreements

Hárs¹

2002

International Journal of Population Geography

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New forms of mobility are being shaped in Europe which both challenge traditional explanations of mobility and contribute to popular fears of mobility. But what makes people move, and which economic indicators effectively explain migration? Does the projected migration pressure from Central/Eastern Europe actually exist? The answer to this question is often posed in terms of mainstream economic arguments concerning wage/income differences, but this offers only a partial explanation of migration. This paper considers attempts to control migration, channelling foreign labour from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe through different bilateral agreements, under different conditions, to European Union countries, as a way of admitting selected types of labour while excluding others. Surprisingly little is known about such programmes, and the paper considers who is attracted to these programmes, and the nature of the engine of this channelled labour migration? A statistical, socio‐demographic, labour‐market analysis of participants in these schemes, with special emphasis on the Hungarian case, is presented. The question is posed as to whether such bilateral agreements offer a means to control the expected European migration ‘shock’, and concludes that this is not the aim of these schemes. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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European East-West Migration, 1945–1992

Cited by 40 publications

References 6 publications

The performance of migrants in occupational labour markets

The performance of migrants in occupational labour markets

The role of social networks in determining migration and labour market outcomes

Channelling and filtering migration: Hungary's bilateral labour migration agreements

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