Kommunale Konzepte zur Integration von Migranten

A warm welcome to highly‐skilled migrants: how can municipal administrations play their part?

“…Also other cities regard the presence of highly‐skilled migrants as promising for the development of a cosmopolitan image that thus attracts internationally active industries and even more highly‐skilled workers (Florida ; Florida et al . ; OECD ; Gestring ). Highly‐skilled migrants are assumed to strengthen the increasingly globally active urban economy with their ideas and networks as well as their cross‐cultural competence.…”

“…They do however have room to manoeuvre within the legal framework. This can be seen by the varying number of naturalisations in different municipalities, which cannot be explained by structural or demographical differences but – among others – by the quantity and quality of personnel placement, differences in administrative organisation and varying interpretation of laws (Thränhardt ; Gestring ). The voluntary responsibilities of municipalities give the employees in city administration even more leeway.…”