Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319062 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 253/2025
Publisher: 
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, Institute for International Political Economy (IPE), Berlin
Abstract: 
This study investigates how the economic structure of host regions shapes the labor market impacts of refugee inflows, focusing on the case of the Syrian refugee influx into Germany in 2014-2015. Utilizing a fuzzy difference-in-differences approach, the analysis introduces a novel measure of sectoral diversification to assess local absorptive capacity. The results show that sectoral diversification plays a significant role in moderating short-term labor market outcomes. Counties with less diversified employment structures experience greater adverse impacts on non-German workers, while more diversified regions are better able to absorb new arrivals and mitigate unemployment pressures. These results underscore the importance of considering local economic structures in the regional allocation of refugees and the design of integration policies.
Subjects: 
Immigration
Labor market
Asylum seekers
Syrian refugees
Germany
JEL: 
F22
J21
J61
C21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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