@article{KhalilKohlerTjaden2022,
  author    = {Khalil, Samir and Kohler, Ulrich and Tjaden, Jasper},
  title     = {Is there a rural penalty in language acquisition?},
  series = {Frontiers in sociology},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Frontiers in sociology},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media},
  address   = {Lausanne},
  issn      = {2297-7775},
  doi       = {10.3389/fsoc.2022.841775},
  pages     = {11},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Emerging evidence has highlighted the important role of local contexts for integration trajectories of asylum seekers and refugees. Germany's policy of randomly allocating asylum seekers across Germany may advantage some and disadvantage others in terms of opportunities for equal participation in society. This study explores the question whether asylum seekers that have been allocated to rural areas experience disadvantages in terms of language acquisition compared to those allocated to urban areas. We derive testable assumptions using a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) which are then tested using large-N survey data (IAB-BAMF-SOEP refugee survey). We find that living in a rural area has no negative total effect on language skills. Further the findings suggest that the "null effect" is the result of two processes which offset each other: while asylum seekers in rural areas have slightly lower access for formal, federally organized language courses, they have more regular exposure to German speakers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KhalilKohlerTjaden2022,
  author    = {Khalil, Samir and Kohler, Ulrich and Tjaden, Jasper Dag},
  title     = {Is There a Rural Penalty in Language Acquisition? Evidence From Germany's Refugee Allocation Policy},
  series = {Frontiers in Sociology},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Sociology},
  publisher = {Frontiers},
  address   = {Lausanne, Schweiz},
  issn      = {2297-7775},
  doi       = {10.3389/fsoc.2022.841775},
  pages     = {1 -- 11},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Emerging evidence has highlighted the important role of local contexts for integration trajectories of asylum seekers and refugees. Germany's policy of randomly allocating asylum seekers across Germany may advantage some and disadvantage others in terms of opportunities for equal participation in society. This study explores the question whether asylum seekers that have been allocated to rural areas experience disadvantages in terms of language acquisition compared to those allocated to urban areas. We derive testable assumptions using a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) which are then tested using large-N survey data (IAB-BAMF-SOEP refugee survey). We find that living in a rural area has no negative total effect on language skills. Further the findings suggest that the "null effect" is the result of two processes which offset each other: while asylum seekers in rural areas have slightly lower access for formal, federally organized language courses, they have more regular exposure to German speakers.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KruegelRothkegelEngbert2020,
  author    = {Kr{\"u}gel, Andr{\´e} and Rothkegel, Lars and Engbert, Ralf},
  title     = {No exception from Bayes' rule},
  series = {Journal of vision},
  volume    = {20},
  journal   = {Journal of vision},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {ARVO},
  address   = {Rockville},
  issn      = {1534-7362},
  doi       = {10.1167/jov.20.7.15},
  pages     = {14},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In an influential theoretical model, human sensorimotor control is achieved by a Bayesian decision process, which combines noisy sensory information and learned prior knowledge. A ubiquitous signature of prior knowledge and Bayesian integration in human perception and motor behavior is the frequently observed bias toward an average stimulus magnitude (i.e., a central-tendency bias, range effect, regression-to-the-mean effect). However, in the domain of eye movements, there is a recent controversy about the fundamental existence of a range effect in the saccadic system. Here we argue that the problem of the existence of a range effect is linked to the availability of prior knowledge for saccade control. We present results from two prosaccade experiments that both employ an informative prior structure (i.e., a nonuniform Gaussian distribution of saccade target distances). Our results demonstrate the validity of Bayesian integration in saccade control, which generates a range effect in saccades. According to Bayesian integration principles, the saccadic range effect depends on the availability of prior knowledge and varies in size as a function of the reliability of the prior and the sensory likelihood.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{TjadenSpoerlein2023,
  author    = {Tjaden, Jasper and Sp{\"o}rlein, Christoph},
  title     = {How much do "local policies" matter for refugee integration?},
  series = {International migration review},
  journal   = {International migration review},
  publisher = {Sage Publications},
  address   = {Thousand Oaks},
  issn      = {0197-9183},
  doi       = {10.1177/01979183231205561},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {A growing number of studies have recently postulated a so-called local turn in the study of immigrant and refugee integration policy. A fundamental, yet untested, assumption of this body of research is that local (sub-national) policies and administrations shape how migrants and refugees integrate into society. We develop and apply an analytical model using multilevel modeling techniques based on large-N, longitudinal survey data (N > 9000) with refugees (2012-2018) in a highly decentralized country (Germany) to estimate the scope for local policy effects net of individual-level and state- and district-level characteristics. We show that region and district-level variation in integration outcomes across multiple dimensions (employment, education, language, housing, social) is limited (∼5\%) within 4-8 years after immigration. We find modest variation in policy indicators (∼10\%), which do not appear to directly translate into outcomes. We discuss implications for the study of local policies and the potential for greater convergence between administrative and political science, interested in governance structures and policy variation, and sociology and economics, interested primarily in integration outcomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{OPUS4-62240,
  title     = {Lokales Integrationsmanagement in Deutschland, Schweden und Frankreich},
  editor    = {Bogumil, J{\"o}rg and Kuhlmann, Sabine and Hafner, Jonas and Kastilan, Andr{\´e} and Oehlert, Franziska and Reusch, Marie Catherine},
  publisher = {Nomos},
  address   = {Baden-Baden},
  isbn      = {978-3-7560-0558-1},
  doi       = {10.5771/9783748939115},
  pages     = {331},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Im vorliegenden Band wird das lokale Integrationsmanagement in Deutschland, Frankreich und Schweden vergleichend untersucht. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Verflechtungsstrukturen, Koordination und Leistungsf{\"a}higkeit der Integrationsverwaltung mit besonderem Fokus auf den Entwicklungen nach der Fl{\"u}chtlingskrise von 2015/16. Auf der Grundlage von Fallstudien und Experteninterviews in den drei L{\"a}ndern wird das institutionelle Zusammenspiel von Akteuren im Mehrebenensystem und im lokalen Raum analysiert. Dabei werden jeweils die nationalen Rahmenbedingungen, lokalen Gestaltungsvarianten und krisenbedingten Herausforderungen des Integrationsmanagement kommunen- und l{\"a}ndervergleichend in den Blick genommen. Gest{\"u}tzt auf illustrative Praxisbeispiele und Tiefeneinblicke in die lokalen Handlungsprobleme leitet die Studie Lehren und Empfehlungen f{\"u}r eine Optimierung des Integrationsmanagements und eine krisenresilientere Verwaltungsorganisation in diesem Aufgabenbereich ab.},
  language  = {de}
}