In this paper, we use repeated cross-sectional survey data to study the labour market performance of refugees across … several EU countries and over time. In the first part, we document that labour market outcomes for refugees are consistently … and destination country. Refugees are 11.6 percent less likely to have a job and 22.1 percent more likely to be unemployed …

first reviewing the institutional framework laid out by the Geneva Convention for Refugees, we demonstrate that, despite …

years of employment restrictions together with individual data for refugees entering European countries between 1985 and …. These effects are not mechanical, since we exclude refugees who may still be subject to employment restrictions, are non … concentrated among less educated refugees, translate into lower occupational quality, and seem not to be driven by selective …

on both refugees and asylum-seekers coupled with a matching mechanism linking countries' and migrants' preferences. We …

examine the political and economic factors in source countries that generate refugees and asylum seekers. Particular attention … policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country …