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 …

[HTML][HTML] First time around: Local conditions and multi-dimensional integration of refugees

CG Aksoy, P Poutvaara, F Schikora - Journal of Urban Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We study the effect of local unemployment and attitudes towards immigrants at the time of
arrival on refugees' multi-dimensional integration outcomes. We leverage a centralized …

(The Struggle for) Refugee integration into the labour market: evidence from Europe

F Fasani, T Frattini, L Minale - Journal of Economic Geography, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We study the labour market performance of refugees vis-à-vis comparable migrants across
20 European countries and over time. In the first part of our analysis, we document that …

Language training and refugees' integration

M Foged, L Hasager, G Peri, JN Arendt… - Review of Economics …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving language training for those granted
refugee status on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, we find …

Lift the ban? Initial employment restrictions and refugee labour market outcomes

F Fasani, T Frattini, L Minale - Journal of the European …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This paper investigates the medium-to long-term effects on refugee labour market outcomes
of the temporary employment bans being imposed on asylum seekers in many countries …

Refugee benefit cuts

C Dustmann, R Landersø… - … Journal: Economic Policy, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
This paper analyzes the effects of Denmark's Start Aid welfare reform that targets refugees.
Implemented in 2002, it enables us to study not only the reform's immediate effects but also …

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] Intergenerational spillover effects of language training for refugees

M Foged, L Hasager, G Peri, JN Arendt… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - Elsevier
Children of refugees are among the most economically disadvantaged youth in several
European countries. They are more likely to drop out of school and to commit crime. We find …

[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 …

We are boiling: Management scholars speaking out on COVID-19 and social justice

AM Peredo, S Abdelnour, P Adler… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 is the most immediate of several crises we face as human beings: crises that
expose deeply-rooted matters of social injustice in our societies. Management scholars have …