@article{2020:kogan:an_empiric,
title = {An empirical–analytical approach to the study of recent refugee migrants in Germany},
year = {2020},
note = {Given the recent surge in interest in refugee research, this editorial
discusses whether the study of refugees’ migration and integration
requires entirely new theoretical and methodological approaches. We
make the case that refugee migration is a special type of migration
and that refugee integration is subject to similar laws and
regularities as the integration of all kinds of immigrants. Therefore,
it should be studied using conventional theoretical and analytical
approaches to empirical-analytical migration and integration research.
Obviously, special conditions of refugee migration apply, such as
specific patterns of refugees’ selectivity, health and resource
endowment, settlement conditions, and reception or integration
services. However, such peculiarities do not represent distinct
mechanisms; they are simply background conditions for more general
mechanisms. Contributions to this Special Issue, which all rely on new
high-quality data from Germany, best highlight the universality of
general mechanisms of immigrant integration, on the one hand, and the
relevance of refugee migrants’ specific characteristics and
conditions, on the other hand.},
journal = {SozW Soziale Welt},
pages = {3--23},
author = {Kogan, Irena and Kalter, Frank},
volume = {71},
number = {1-2}
}