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Self-selection of Asylum Seekers: Evidence From Germany
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Abstract I examine the pattern of selection on education of asylum seekers recently arrived in Germany from five key source countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Iraq, Serbia, and Syria. The analysis relies on original individual-level data collected in Germany combined with surveys conducted at origin. The resul... view more
I examine the pattern of selection on education of asylum seekers recently arrived in Germany from five key source countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Iraq, Serbia, and Syria. The analysis relies on original individual-level data collected in Germany combined with surveys conducted at origin. The results reveal a positive pattern of selection on education for asylum seekers who were able to flee Iraq and Syria, and the selection is neutral for individuals seeking asylum from Afghanistan and negative for asylum seekers from Albania and Serbia. I provide an interpretation of these patterns based on differences in the expected length of stay at destination, the migration costs faced by asylum seekers to reach Germany, and the size of migration networks at destination.... view less
Keywords
refugee; selection; education; Federal Republic of Germany; Afghanistan; Albania; Iraq; Serbia; Syria; asylum seeker; migration; motivation
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
Individual-level data; IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Sample; European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) 2013-2015; Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) of the World Bank, Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey 2012 (Ref. ALB_2012_LSMS_v01_M); Survey of the Afghan People (SAP) 2011-2016; Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) and Kurdistan Regional Statistics Office (KRSO) 2012-2013
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 1089-1116
Journal
Demography, 57 (2020) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-020-00873-9
ISSN
1533-7790
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed