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We conducted a field experiment to evaluate the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived … percentage points on employment after twelve months. These effects are concentrated among low-educated refugees and those facing …
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This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of refugee migration, with emphasis on the current refugee crisis. After first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite numerous attempts at developing a common European asylum...
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centers and individual-level administrative records, we find effects on employment rates of 10 percentage points, or 30% over … open-ended contracts. Subsidized internships were a critical pathway to transitioning participants into standard employment …. Survey data indicate that these effects reflect a net increase in employment, rather than a shift from informal to formal …
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to formulate appropriate and effective policies in order to keep their valued immigrants or citizens and foster their (re … aspirations or stated preferences of immigrants across 138 countries worldwide. Our analysis reveals selection in characteristics …
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We study the extent and consequences of biases against immigrants exhibited by high school teachers in Finland …
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employment gaps between immigrant and native men decline after arrival, they remain large for most cohorts; the average gap after … systematic trend. Still, economic conditions do matter, and employment collapsed in some cohorts after structural shocks hit the …
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The paper analyses the empirical relationship between immigrants and crime using panel data for 391 German … naturalized immigrants. We also take into account possible spillover effects of immigrants on criminal activities by Germans … instrumental variable approach that deals with the possibly endogenous allocation of immigrants and allows for causal …
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Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This …
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individuals with temporary employment contracts. This reduction is explained by the decrease in the number of incomers. We also …
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We examine the impact of language training on the economic integration of immigrants in France. The assignment to this … information on job search strategies that immigrants derive from the interaction with their classmates and teachers during classes. …
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