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In 2016, around One-Third of People in Germany Donated for Refugees and Ten Percent Helped out on Site—yet Concerns Are Mounting

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  • Jannes Jacobsen
  • Philipp Eisnecker
  • Jürgen Schupp

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The presence of refugees in Germany and the challenges their integration poses have preoccupied the public for the past two years. According to the latest data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), many more people in Germany were concerned about migration and xenophobia last year than in 2013. The additional representative results of the Barometer of Public Opinion on Refugees in Germany in 2016 and the current SOEP wave also indicated that respondents see more risks than opportunities in the refugee migration to Germany. At the same time, around one-third of the population said they had actively supported refugees in the form of monetary or material donations; around ten percent had helped out on site, for example by accompanying refugees to appointments at authorities or language instruction. People with a higher level of formal education and a history of volunteering were more likely to assist actively on site in the integration of refugees. In the course of the year, however, the number of respondents who expressed their intention to become active in the future decreased.

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  • Jannes Jacobsen & Philipp Eisnecker & Jürgen Schupp, 2017. "In 2016, around One-Third of People in Germany Donated for Refugees and Ten Percent Helped out on Site—yet Concerns Are Mounting," DIW Economic Bulletin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 7(16/17), pages 165-176.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwdeb:2017-16-1
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    Cited by:

    1. Rania Gihleb & Osea Giuntella & Luca Stella, 2022. "Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers," NBER Working Papers 30473, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Annalisa Tassi, 2024. "Do community needs affect the decision to volunteer? The case of refugees in Germany," Working Papers 238, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE).
    3. Jacobsen, Jannes & Schieferdecker, David & Gerstorf, Denis & Hutter, Swen & Specht, Jule, 2022. "Long-Term Dynamics of Voluntary Engagement: Differentiating Social Structural from Cohort and Period Effects," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue Online Fi, pages 1-1.

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    Keywords

    Refugee; Public Opinion; Civil Engagement;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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