The income situation of transnationally mobile Europeans in the Berlin labor market -: What counts:: National origin or social position?

This article analyses the income situation of transnationally mobile Europeans within the German labor market. Specifically, the article attempts to answer the question whether integration into the labor market depends primarily on the national origin or rather on the social-structural characteristics of transnationally mobile Europeans. Based on a theoretical concept which moves away from classical research on migration, this article presents the results and successes of transnational mobility within Europe and points out its feedback effects on national class systems. The empirical foundation of this article is primary data on the Berlin labor market gathered at the beginning of 2002.