Abstract

In this project we compare the integration patterns of the refugees in Germany and the Ukraine. It involves two types of refugees. For Germany, we focus on refugees who would have to leave their home country in favor of a new country due to humanitarian reasons. For the Ukraine, the so-called internally displaced persons are considered - the persons who, when they fled - as opposed to refugees in the legal sense - did not cross national borders and remained in their own country. As the two groups differ interms of language efficiency in the language of the host society, information and networks, we expect significant differences in integration into society and the labor market.