We evaluate the effect on newly arrived refugees' employment of a policy, introduced in Denmark in 2013, that matched refugees to occupations with local labor shortages after basic training for those jobs. Leveraging the staggered roll-out across municipalities, we find that the policy increased...

Den Maßnahmen zur Aktivierung und beruflichen Eingliederung (§45 SGB III) kommt bei der Arbeitsförderung von Geflüchteten große Bedeutung zu, auch weil ihr Rechtsrahmen weite Ausgestaltungsspielräume lässt. Mit sozialer Stabilisierung, Wissensvermittlung, Berufsorientierung und...

Die starke Zuwanderung von Geflüchteten in den letzten Jahren stellt die Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland vor bislang ungeahnte Herausforderungen. In der vorliegenden Studie wird auf der Grundlage von 16 lokalen Fallstudien untersucht, welche Strategien Arbeitsagenturen und Jobcenter in der...

The International Conferences on Economics and Social Sciences (ICESS) organized by Bucharest University of Economic Studies provide an opportunity for all those interested in Economics and Social Sciences to discuss and exchange research ideas. The papers presented at the Conference are...

This paper exploits a rich dataset from various administrative sources to study short- and medium-term labor market outcomes of vocational education and training graduates in Saudi Arabia. It examines five cohorts of graduates from institutes operated by the Technical and Vocational Training...

We explore the relationship between university graduates’ early career decisions and their interregional mobility. We focus on the immediate entry of graduates in the labor market, analyzing the antecedents and relations of their career decisions (self-employment vs. salaried job) and mobility...

Throughout Europe, the labour market integration of immigrants tends to lag behind that of natives. This paper empirically analyses the role played by integration policies in closing this gap in EU countries, not only directly, through the employment rate but also indirectly by influencing the...