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The labor market integration of asylum seekers remains a contested issue. Using the EU-Labor-Force-Survey, we characterize the state of asylum seekers' labor market integration in Europe, and provide representative statistics on several dimensions of integration. We compare asylum seekers to...
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The labor market integration of asylum seekers remains a contested issue. Using the EU-Labor-Force-Survey, we characterize the state of asylum seekers' labor market integration in Europe, and provide representative statistics on several dimensions of integration. We compare asylum seekers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015324424
The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment …. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control … findings of the survey, focusing on labour market activity, pre-migration characteristics, and the monetary costs of the escape …
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An emerging stream of research from various disciplines studies online labor market (OLM) platforms as an alternative way of accomplishing work compared to traditional (offline) labor markets. Although prior work has increased our understanding of how OLM platforms function, we so far know very...
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Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone … identification strategy exploits that a scramble for accommodation determined the assignment of refugees to German counties resulting … in exogeneous variations in the number of refugees per county within and across states. Our estimates suggest that …
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In Germany, apprenticeship training firms currently face a shrinking number of qualified school-leavers because of smaller birth cohorts and an increasing proportion of school leavers aiming for higher education. This paper investigates whether a programme that supports firms to train...
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In Germany, apprenticeship training firms currently face a shrinking number of qualified school-leavers because of smaller birth cohorts and an increasing proportion of school leavers aiming for higher education. This paper investigates whether a programme that supports firms to train...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985628
intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their … region of origin. The findings show that the refugees in our sample display high rates of educational mobility, and that … that there exists positive skill selection among recently arrived refugees in Germany. …
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This study analyses the selection of recently arrived asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of schooling - the indicator used for human capital - when compared to same-aged persons...
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large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015-2016. Arriving refugees were dispersed across the country … offenders from refugees' origin countries. Yet, we find some indication of over-reporting. …
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