Essays on the labour market performance of immigrants in Germany

Publikation: Qualifikations-/Studienabschlussarbeit › Dissertation

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  • Kai Ingwersen

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
QualifikationDoctor rerum politicarum
Gradverleihende Hochschule
Betreut von
  • Stephan Lothar Thomsen, Betreuer*in
Datum der Verleihung des Grades27 März 2023
ErscheinungsortHannover
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2023

Abstract

Zuwanderer in Deutschland haben einen geringeren Arbeitsmarkterfolg als gebürtige Deutsche. Dieser Umstand betrifft nicht nur die Zuwanderer selbst, sondern hat auch Bestand in den nachfolgenden Generationen. Die Gründe für den geringeren Arbeitsmarkterfolg sind so vielfältig wie die Gruppe der Einwanderer selbst, die Ursache jedoch liegt häufig in einer unzureichenden beruflichen Integration. Die Literatur zeigt deutlich, dass neben Unterschieden in der beruflichen Qualifikation, den Sprachfertigkeiten und kognitiven Fähigkeiten, Zuwanderer auch bürokratische Hürden und Vorbehalte am Arbeitsplatz gegenüberstehen, die deren srbeitsmarktleistung mindern. Die benachteiligte Position der Einwanderer hat geringere Arbeitsmarktchancen zur Folge, was häufig zu einem niedrigeren sozialen Status und damit zu einer geringeren Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft führt. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, verschiedene Aspekte der wirtschaftlichen Integration von Zuwanderern zu messen. Dabei liegt ein besonderes Augenmerk dieser Studie auf der Identifizierung von Ungleichbehandlung von Zuwanderern auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse der Arbeit sollen dazu beitragen Ansatzpunkte zur Verbesserung der Arbeitsmarktsituation von Zuwanderern aufzuzeigen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass je nach Herkunftsland ein nennenswerter Anteil der Lohnlücke zwischen Zuwanderern und Einheimischen nicht allein auf Unterschiede in dessen Humankapitalausstattung zurückzuführen ist, was auf eine benachteiligte Entlohnung von Zuwanderern hindeutet. Auch die Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland führte zu keiner Lohnkonvergenz am unteren Ende der Lohnverteilung. Der Mindestlohn führte gar zu einem erhöhten Wettbewerb um Arbeitsplätze, wodurch geringer qualifizierte Zuwanderer eine weitere Benachteiligung erfuhren. Darüber hinaus geben zusätzliche Untersuchungen die Wahrnehmung einer erhöhten Arbeitsbelastung und damit einhergehender gesundheitlicher Beschwerden bei Zuwanderern wieder. Die benachteiligte Position von Zuwanderern auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt spiegelt sich somit nicht nur in der Entlohnung wider, sondern ist auch in der erhöhten Belastung am Arbeitsplatz erkennbar.

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Essays on the labour market performance of immigrants in Germany. / Ingwersen, Kai.
Hannover, 2023. 159 S.

Publikation: Qualifikations-/Studienabschlussarbeit › Dissertation

Ingwersen, K 2023, 'Essays on the labour market performance of immigrants in Germany', Doctor rerum politicarum, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover. https://doi.org/10.15488/13569
Ingwersen, K. (2023). Essays on the labour market performance of immigrants in Germany. [Dissertation, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover]. https://doi.org/10.15488/13569
Ingwersen K. Essays on the labour market performance of immigrants in Germany. Hannover, 2023. 159 S. doi: 10.15488/13569
Ingwersen, Kai. / Essays on the labour market performance of immigrants in Germany. Hannover, 2023. 159 S.
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