Global Migration Dashboard goes live
We are pleased to present the Global Migration Information Hub (GMIH), which provides insights into European migration trends, compiles essential data, and synthesises research for key migration questions. Our new Global Migration Dashboard is now live at the GMIH. This...
Project Leader Andrea Weber on International Migration in the European Union
Listen on Project leader Andrea Weber, a professor of economics at the Central European University in Vienna, brings the first season of RFBerlin Talks to a close with her work on intra-European Union migration, specifically between Austria and Germany. Andrea...
Comment on the Crisis Regulation on migration by the EU Council by Tommaso Frattini on the Danish outlet RÆSON
A big step for the EU – a smaller setback for asylum policies? Comment by Tommaso Frattini, Deputy Director of the Global Migration Information Hub, on the Danish outlet RÆSON. Original article translated from Danish into English. On October 4, the...
Project Leader Jan Nimczik on Workplace connections, Migration, and Firm quality: Evidence from German Reunification
Listen on Project leader Jan Nimczik, an assistant professor of economics at the European School of Management Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, discusses his research on labor markets and migration. How did the German reunification, a major shock to the East...
Employment Patterns of Natives and Immigrants in the European Union
In the European Union, natives were, on average, more likely to be employed than immigrants in 2022. However, there is some heterogeneity among EU countries. Immigrants’ employment rates have been increasing almost everywhere in the EU between 2012 and 2022....
The education of immigrants in the European Union
In 2022, natives were, on average, more educated than immigrants in the EU. In the European Union, the share of immigrants with tertiary education increased between 2012 and 2022. Women are more educated than men, among both immigrants and natives....
Project Leader Albrecht Glitz on Globalisation, Welfare and Economic Espionage
Listen on In this podcast, project leader Albrecht Glitz, an associate professor at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, shares his journey as a labor economist with a unique twist: a research interest in espionage. Albrecht’s research is based on...
Conference for the Handbook of Labor Economics, Volumes 5 and 6
On October 19-21, 2023, the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin and Humboldt-Universität Berlin hosted a conference on the new Handbook of Labor Economics (Volumes 5 and 6), edited by Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux. Throughout the 3-day programme, the draft chapters of...
