Does International Mobility Pay Off? Comparing Labour Market Success of Recent German Remigrants and the German Stayer Population

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Population Space and Place Pub Date : 2025-10-15 DOI:10.1002/psp.70121

Antonia Görtz

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Abstract

The article presents analysis of German remigrants' individual labour market success. Whereas some authors stress that remigration is associated with failure of emigration, other researchers underscore that remigrants' careers could benefit from their international experiences. Two questions are examined: First, does international experience pay off in terms of labour market success? Second, does remigrants' labour market success depend on other social factors? To answer these questions, German remigrants and the German stayer population are compared regarding wages, occupational status and unemployment risk. Thus, not only employment conditions are analysed, but also labour market participation. Based on data from the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS) and German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), regressions are estimated. Results indicate that compared to stayers, German remigrants generally benefit in terms of wages and partly in terms of occupational status. Social inequalities can be reduced through international mobility for individuals with non‐German origins and for non‐graduated remigrants, but are reinforced regarding gender.

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国际流动有回报吗？比较近期德国移民和德国居留人口在劳动力市场上的成功

本文分析了德国移民个人在劳动力市场上的成功。尽管一些作者强调移民与移民失败有关，但其他研究人员强调移民的职业生涯可以从他们的国际经验中受益。研究了两个问题：首先，就劳动力市场的成功而言，国际经验是否值得？第二，移民在劳动力市场的成功是否取决于其他社会因素？为了回答这些问题，我们比较了德国移民和德国滞留人口在工资、职业状况和失业风险方面的差异。因此，不仅分析了就业条件，还分析了劳动力市场参与情况。根据德国移民和移民小组研究（GERPS）和德国社会经济小组（SOEP）的数据，估计回归。结果表明，与留居者相比，德国移民一般在工资方面受益，部分在职业地位方面受益。社会不平等可以通过非德国血统的个人和未毕业的移民的国际流动来减少，但在性别方面会得到加强。

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