Selected Peer-reviewed journal articles
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2026
- Murken, N., Schewel, K., & Tjaden, J. (2026). Mobility Framing Effects in Migration Surveys: A Research Note With Experimental Evidence From Senegal. Demography, 12655184.
- Tjaden, J., Rodríguez-Sánchez, A., Van Hook, J., & Persaud, H. (2026). Eliciting Legal Status Through Social Media Surveys Among Immigrants—Evidence from a List Experiment, Direct Question and Stepwise Exclusion. Sociological Methods & Research, 00491241261444957.
2025
- Tjaden, J., Liebe, U., & Bruscoli, D. (2025). Explaining re-migration preferences among assisted returnees: evidence from Discrete Choice Experiments in Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-25.
- Tjaden, J., & Heidland, T. (2025). Did Merkel's 2015 decision attract more migration to Germany?. European Journal of Political Research, 64(1), 389-405
2024
- Tjaden, J., Seuthe, M. & Weinert, S. Recruiting refugees to reduce labour shortages in health care professions: experimental evidence on the potential of foreign-language outreach on social media. BMC Human Resources for Health 22, 48 (2024).
- Khalil, S. & Tjaden, J (2024). The effect of reception centres on integration of refugees – Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. European Societies. Online First.
2023
- Sohst, R. R., Acostamadiedo, E., & Tjaden, J. (2023). Reducing uncertainty in Delphi surveys: A case study on immigration to the EU. Demographic Research, 49, 983-1020.
- Tjaden, J., & Spörlein, C. (2023). How Much Do “Local Policies” Matter for Refugee Integration? An Analytical Model and Evidence from a Highly Decentralized Country. International Migration Review, 0(0).
- Tjaden, J. (2023). Web Scraping for Migration, Mobility, and Migrant Integration Studies: Introduction, Application, and Potential Use Cases. International Migration Review, 0(0).
2022
- Tjaden, J., Haarmann, E., & Savaskan, N. (2022). Experimental evidence on improving COVID-19 vaccine outreach among migrant communities on social media. Nature Scientific reports, 12(1), 16256.
- Ndashimye, F.; Hebie, O. & J. Tjaden (2022). Effectiveness of WhatsApp for Measuring Migration in Follow-Up Phone Surveys. Lessons from a Mode Experiment in Two Low-Income Countries during COVID Contact Restrictions. Social Science Computer Review. Online first.
- Khalil, S., Kohler, U. & Tjaden, J. (2022). Is There a Rural Penalty in Language Acquisition? Evidence From Germany's Refugee Allocation Policy. Frontiers in Sociology. 7, 2022.
- Tjaden, J. (2022). Risky journeys–Risk and decision‐making among potential irregular migrants in Senegal and Guinea. International Migration. Online first.
2021
- Tjaden, J. (2021). Measuring migration 2.0: a review of digital data sources. Comparative Migration Studies, 9(1), 1-20.
- Tjaden, J., & Gninafon, H. (2021). Raising Awareness About the Risk of Irregular Migration: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence from Guinea. Population and Development Review. Online first.
- Tjaden, J., & Dunsch, F. A. (2021). The effect of peer-to-peer risk information on potential migrants–Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Senegal. World Development, 145, 105488.
2020
- Auer, D., Römer, F., & Tjaden, J. (2020). Corruption and the Desire to Leave Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Corruption as a Driver of Emigration Intentions. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 11(1). https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/izajodm/11/1/article-20200007.xml?language=en
2019
- Tjaden, J., Rolando, D., Doty, J., & Mortimer, J. (2019). The long-term effects of time use during high school on positive development. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 10(1), 51-85. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bup/llcs/2019/00000010/00000001/art00004
2018
- Tjaden, J. D., Schwemmer, C., & Khadjavi, M. (2018). Ride with me: Ethnic discrimination in social markets; European Sociological Review, Volume 34, Issue 4, 1 August 2018, Pages 418–432. https://academic.oup.com/esr/article-abstract/34/4/418/5048414
- Tjaden, J. D. & Auer, Daniel (2018). Linking Migration Intentions with Flows: Evidence and Potential Use; International Migration, 57 (1), Pages 36-57. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/imig.12502
- Khadjavi, M., & Tjaden, J. D. (2018). Setting the bar-An experimental investigation of immigration requirements; Journal of Public Economics, Volume 165, Pages 160-169. https://econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwifwkwp/1939.htm
2017
- Tjaden, J. D., & Hunkler, C. (2017). The optimism trap: Migrants’ educational choices in stratified education systems. Social Science Research, 67, 213-228. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X15302052
- Tjaden, J. D., & Scharenberg, K. (2017). Ethnic choice effects at the transition into upper-secondary education in Switzerland. Acta Sociologica, 60(4), 309-324. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0001699316679491
- Tjaden, J. D. (2017). Migrant Background and Access to Vocational Education in Germany: Self-Selection, Discrimination, or Both?. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 46(2), 107-123. https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/zfsoz.2017.46.issue-2/zfsoz-2017-1007/zfsoz-2017-1007.xml