Comparing the effects of policies for the labor market integration of refugees

M Foged, L Hasager, G Peri - Journal of Labor Economics, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper reviews, reanalyzes, and extends to the long run the estimated effects of
integration polices on the employment probability and earnings of refugees in Denmark. We …

The impact of international migration on inclusive growth: A review

Z Koczan, G Peri, M Pinat, D Rozhkov - 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
International migration is an important channel of material improvement for individuals and
their offspring. The movement of people across country borders, especially from less …

Refugee migration and the labour market: lessons from 40 years of post-arrival policies in Denmark

JN Arendt, C Dustmann, H Ku - Oxford Review of Economic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Denmark has accepted refugees from a large variety of countries and for more than four
decades. Denmark has also frequently changed policies and regulations concerning …

[HTML][HTML] Access to language training and the local integration of refugees

M Foged, C Van der Werf - Labour Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines whether language classes raise refugees' language proficiency and
improve their socio-economic integration. Our identification strategy leverages the opening …

Language training and refugees' integration

JN Arendt, I Bolvig, M Foged, L Hasager, G Peri - 2020 - nber.org
Social and economic integration of refugees are key to their personal fulfillment and to
producing positive effects in the host country. We evaluate the impact of a reform that …

Trade-offs between work-first and language-first strategies for refugees

JN Arendt, I Bolvig - Economics of Education Review, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates how local integration strategies that prioritize a work-first approach
affect refugee's participation in language courses and their medium run labor market …

English skills and early labour market integration: Evidence from humanitarian migrants in Australia

Z Cheng, BZ Wang, Z Jiang, L Taksa… - International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses panel data from the Building a New Life in Australia survey to examine the
relationship between proficiency in English and labour market outcomes among …

Why should we integrate Income and Employment Support? A conceptual and empirical investigation

A Asenjo, V Escudero, H Liepmann - The Journal of Development …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes–such as
unemployment insurance and social assistance–has been a key component of social …

Towards a 'low ambition equilibrium': managing refugee aspirations during the integration process in Switzerland

I Otmani - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the role of policy in influencing refugee educational and occupational
aspirations and how this translates into promoting or hindering certain integration paths. 29 …

The careers of immigrants in Finland: Empirical evidence for genders and year of immigration

H Busk, S Jauhiainen - Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2022 - Springer
This study offers new empirical evidence on the careers of immigrants in the new host
country. The focus is on the effects of gender and year of immigration on employment …