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Wie zufrieden sind Migranten mit ihrem Leben?

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  • Ingrid Tucci
  • Philipp Eisnecker
  • Herbert Brücker

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Migration poses many challenges for those involved. This not only includes labor market integration or the acquisition of language skills, they must also establish new social contacts in a foreign living environment. The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample allows us to study this social integration by migrants in greater detail. Barriers to integration and discrimination also play a key role here. The findings show that both the life satisfaction of immigrants and their identification with Germany, as well as structural factors such as employment status and income, are significantly influenced by social integration. Migration stellt die betroffenen Personen vor zahlreiche Herausforderungen. Dazu gehört nicht nur die Arbeitsmarktintegration oder der Erwerb von Sprachkompetenz. Sie müssen auch neue soziale Kontakte in einem fremden Lebensumfeld aufbauen. Mit der IAB-SOEP-Migrationsstichprobe kann die soziale Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten vertieft untersucht werden. Dabei spielen auch Integrationshemmnisse und Diskriminierungserfahrungen eine zentrale Rolle. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Lebenszufriedenheit von Migranten, aber auch ihre Identifikation mit Deutschland neben strukturellen Faktoren wie Erwerbsstatus und Einkommen maßgeblich von der sozialen Integration beeinflusst werden.

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  • Ingrid Tucci & Philipp Eisnecker & Herbert Brücker, 2014. "Wie zufrieden sind Migranten mit ihrem Leben?," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 81(43), pages 1152-1158.
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    1. Stefan Gruber & Gregor Sand, 2022. "Does Migration Pay Off in Later Life? Income and Subjective Well-Being of Older Migrants in Europe," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 160(2), pages 969-988, April.
    2. Sebastian Sterl, 2018. "Determinanten zur Einkommensentwicklung in Deutschland: Ein Vergleich von Personen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP)," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 992, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).

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    Keywords

    Migration; social and economic integration; discrimination; identification; inter- and intraethnic contacts; happiness; life satisfaction; IAB-SOEPMigrationsample; SOEP;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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