Jeannette Michaelle Nintcheu

Senior advisor for skilled labor immigration

Tel: +49 221 4981-872 Mail: nintcheu@iwkoeln.de Jeannette Michaelle Nintcheu

Joined the German Economic Institute in 2012
Studied economics and law (Master in Economics and Law) at the University of Oldenburg
Supervises the project Make it in Germany
Main focus: Skilled labor immigration, skilled labor immigration law.

Thematic clusters

IW Publications

Nintcheu, Jeannette Michaelle, 2025, Skilled immigration via the Opportunity Card, IW-Kurzbericht, No. 96, Köln
Zur Studie

(in cooperation with Wido Geis, Sandra Vogel)
Fachkräfte für Deutschland – Potenziale einer gesteuerten Zuwanderung
IW-Analysen – Forschungsberichte Nr. 105, Köln 2016

(in cooperation with Wido Geis)
Gesteuerte Zuwanderung in der Flüchtlingskrise – Warum Deutschland trotz des starken Zuzugs Fachkräfte aus Drittstaaten gewinnen sollte
IW policy papers 5/2016

(in cooperation with Justina Alichniewicz, Wido Geis)
Willkommenskultur – Wie Deutschland für ausländische Fachkräfte attraktiver werden kann
IW-Positionen – Beitrage zur Ordnungspolitik Nr. 65, Köln 2014

External Publications

(in cooperation with Justina Alichniewicz)
Potenziale der Zuwanderung für Unternehmen und betriebliche Willkommenskultur
Handbuch der Aus- und Weiterbildung, Februar 2015, Fundstelle 4268

More from Jeannette Michaelle Nintcheu

IW-Kurzbericht No. 96 28. November 2025 Michaelle Nintcheu

Skilled immigration via the Opportunity Card

The Opportunity Card is one of the most popular new provisions of the German Skilled Immigration Act and makes it easier for third-country nationals to access the labour market – but the regulation has been difficult to implement so far and is still unknown to many employers.