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ArticleNature human behaviour2025

The impact of private hosting on the integration of Ukrainian refugees in Germany.

Mathis Herpell, Moritz Marbach, Niklas Harder, Alexandra Orlova, Dominik Hangartner, Jens Hainmueller

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Article in Nature human behaviour, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. A model for refugee integration.Nature human behaviour · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mathis HerpellIntegration Department, German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), Berlin, Germany.
Moritz MarbachDepartment of Political Science, University College London, London, UK.
Niklas HarderIntegration Department, German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6088-8097
Alexandra OrlovaIntegration Department, German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6067-8270
Dominik HangartnerImmigration Policy Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-7507
Jens HainmuellerImmigration Policy Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. jhain@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-9041

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amid the Ukrainian displacement crisis, private hosting of refugees in Europe has surged, yet its impact on integration remains understudied. This research examines the short- to medium-term effects of private hosting on Ukrainian refugee integration in Germany. Using data from one of the largest non-profit platforms that matches private hosts with refugees, we compare the multidimensional integration outcomes of refugees who were matched with private hosts to those of observably similar refugees who applied for private hosting but were not matched (n = 1,700). Our findings show significant improvements in the social, psychological and navigational integration of privately hosted refugees, with no discernible effects on linguistic, economic or political integration. This study provides causal evidence on the effectiveness of private hosting in enhancing refugee integration, underscoring its potential to complement traditional public asylum reception and housing systems, and to harness civil society engagement for refugee integration during humanitarian crises.

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Private SectorRefugeesAdultFemaleGermanyHumansMaleYoung Adult

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PMID40931088
PMCPMC12634447

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