New trend in education structure of East-West migration?

Eine Analyse der Bildungsstruktur der Migranten auf Basis der Daten des SOEP ergibt Anzeichen, dass sich die bis 1997 beobachteten positiven Wanderungssalden bei Personen mit hohen Bildungsabschlüssen seit 1998 in ihr Gegenteil verkehrt haben. Während für die Zuwanderer aus den alten Bundesländern keine wesentlichen Strukturveränderungen festzustellen sind, hat sich der Anteil der Höchstqualifizierten bei den Abwanderern aus Ostdeutschland gegenüber dem Zeitraum 1992-1997 verdoppelt. Außerdem werden Aussagen über Umfang und Altersstruktur der Migration gemacht.

28. June 2001

Authors Wolfram Kempe

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