Federal Institute for Population Research

German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS)

This project is carried out in close cooperation between the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Federal Institute for Population Research.

Content and Objectives

In knowledge-based Western industrial societies, international migration has become an essential condition for economic growth and is increasingly important at the individual level when it comes to the distribution of social positions and life opportunities. The aim of the research project is to examine the individual consequences of international migration with respect to the further course of life based on the example of emigration from Germany and remigration to Germany. Do temporary or even long-term periods abroad actually contribute to a successful professional life? Is spatial immobility related to lower life chances and social exclusion?

The project investigates the consequences of international migration in the light of traditional differentiations of social structure analysis and inequality research according to four dimensions of the life course, such as employment and income, well-being and life satisfaction, relationship and family and social relations and social participation. Whereas migration research has traditionally focused on the integration of immigrants into the host society, the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study examines the consequences of mobility by comparing it with the non-mobile population of the society of origin and as results of individual life courses.

News and more information about GERPS can be found on the project's own website.

Data and Methods

To investigate the research questions, the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS) was set up as a "SOEP-related study" (Socio-Economic Panel) within the framework of the project. In addition to various methods of regression and multi-level analysis, methods of panel data analysis and event data analysis are also used in the evaluation of the data. These are oriented towards the three research perspectives of the project: (1) comparisons between different destination countries and - in the sense of integration of immigrants into the new host societies - as an interpersonal comparison between immigrants and the autochthonous population. (2) Comparison with spatially non-mobile persons in the country of origin. (3) Analyses from the perspective of the individual life course of migrants.

Duration

2014-2023

Partners

  • Prof. Dr. Marcel Erlinghagen; Lisa Mansfeld, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  • Dr. Nicolai Netz, Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Hannover, Germany
  • Philipp Sischka, Ph.D; Andreia Pinto Costa, Université du Luxembourg
  • Prof. Dr. Norbert F. Schneider, Mainz, Germany

Funding

This project is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under the project number 345626236.

Selected Publications

Witte, Nils; Décieux, Jean Philippe; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Ette, Andreas; Genoni, Andreas; Guedes Auditor, Jean; Knirsch, Frederik; Kühne, Simon; Mansfeld, Lisa; Schneider, Norbert F. (2022):

BiB Data and Technical Reports 2/2022. Wiesbaden: Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB).

Witte, Nils; Schaurer, Ines; Schröder, Jette; Décieux, Jean Philippe; Ette, Andreas (2023):

Social Science Computer Review 41(3): 768–789.

Décieux, Jean Philippe (2022):

Sociological Methods & Research [Online First].

Erlinghagen, Marcel; Ette, Andreas; Schneider, Norbert F.; Witte, Nils (2021):

IMISCOE Research Series. Cham: Springer.

Décieux, Jean Philippe; Witte, Nils; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Ette, Andreas; Genoni, Andreas; Guedes Auditor, Jean; Knirsch, Frederik; Kühne, Simon; Mansfeld, Lisa; Schneider, Norbert F. (2021):

BiB Daten- und Methodenberichte 2/2021. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung.

Décieux, Jean Philippe; Mergener, Alexandra (2021):

Sustainability 13(3), 1219.

Décieux, Jean P. (2021):

In: Altmann, Tobias (Ed.): Friendship in Cultural and Personality Psychology: International Perspectives. : Nova Press: 361–384.

Ette, Andreas; Décieux, Jean Philippe; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Genoni, Andreas; Guedes Auditor, Jean; Knirsch, Frederik; Kühne, Simon; Mörchen, Luisa; Sand, Matthias; Schneider, Norbert F.; Witte, Nils (2020):

BiB Daten- und Methodenberichte 1/2020. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung.

Ette, Andreas; Genoni, Andreas; Witte, Nils (2021):

Statistisches Bundesamt; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung; Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (Eds.): Datenreport 2021. Ein Sozialbericht für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Reihe Zeitbilder. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: 316–323.

Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (Ed.) (2019):

Policy Brief, Dezember 2019.

More Publications

Cihlar, Volker; Micheel, Frank; Mergenthaler, Andreas (2022):

Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 56(8): 654–660.

Erlinghagen, Marcel; Ette, Andreas; Schneider, Norbert F.; Witte, Nils (2021):

IMISCOE Research Series. Cham: Springer.

Ette, Andreas; Décieux, Jean P.; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Guedes Auditor, Jean; Mansfeld, Lisa; Sander, Nikola; Schneider, Norbert F.; Witte, Nils (2019):

Bevölkerungsforschung Aktuell 6/2019: 3–7.

Erlinghagen, Marcel; Ette, Andreas; Schneider, Norbert; Witte, Nils; Décieux, Jean Philippe (2019):

In: Burzan, Nicole (Ed.): Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen. Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018. Göttingen.

Lauterbach, Wolfgang; Ette, Andreas; Waibel, Stine (2017):

In: Schlemmer, Elisabeth; Lange, Andreas; Kuld, Lothar (Eds.): Handbuch Jugend im demografischen Wandel. Weinheim: Beltz: 188–208 .

Waibel, Stine; Rüger, Heiko; Ette, Andreas; Sauer, Lenore (2017):

Educational Research Review 20: 81–98.

Erlinghagen, Marcel (2016):

In: Tachibanaki, Toshiaki (Ed.): Advances in Happiness Research. A Comparative Perspective. Tokyo et al.: Springer: 229–244.

Forschungsbereich beim Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration; Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung; Lehrstuhl für Empirische Sozialstrukturanalyse an der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Eds.) (2015):

Studie des SVR-Forschungsbereichs 2015-1. Berlin.

Ette, Andreas; Sauer, Lenore; Scheller, Friedrich; Bekalarczyk, Dawid; Erlinghagen, Marcel; Engler, Marcus; Schneider, Jan; Schultz, Caroline (2015):

BiB Daten- und Methodenberichte 1/2015. Wiesbaden: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung.

Erlinghagen, Marcel (2011):

Comparative Population Studies 36(4): 899–926.

Erlinghagen, Marcel; Stegmann, Tim; Wagner, Gert G. (2009):

DIW Wochenbericht 76: 663–669.

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