The increasing demand for integration courses in Germany (especially due to the crisis-induced migration of refugees) has raised the question in research and practice of how this change affects the supply and participation of continuing education providers. To address this issue, the present study explores the impact of increasing integration course counts and participation on regular course counts and participation in German state-funded public adult education centers (Volkshochschulen; VHS), which are the main providers of integration courses. For this, we apply longitudinal fixed effects analyses to the VHS statistics. Controlling for VHS-specific trends, we find that on average, an increase in integration course counts slightly decreases regular course counts. Regarding participation, we observe the opposite: Increasing participation in integration courses leads to a small increase in participation in regular courses.

德国对融合课程的需求日益增加（特别是由于危机导致的难民迁移），这在研究和实践中提出了这样的问题：这种变化如何影响继续教育提供者的供应和参与。为了解决这个问题，本研究探讨了增加一体化课程数量和参与对常规课程数量以及参加德国国家资助的公共成人教育中心（Volkshochschulen； VHS）的影响，后者是一体化课程的主要提供者。为此，我们将纵向固定效应分析应用于VHS统计数据。控制特定于VHS的趋势，我们发现平均而言，整合课程数量的增加会略微减少常规课程的数量。关于参与，我们观察到相反的情况：