Many European countries impose employment bans that prevent asylum seekers from entering the local labor market for a … certain waiting period upon arrival. We provide evidence on the long-term effects of these employment bans on the subsequent … length of the employment ban. We find that, five years after the waiting period was reduced, employment rates were about 20 …

This paper establishes a new fact about immigration policies: legalization has long-term effects on formal employment …

This paper establishes a new fact about immigration policies: legalization has long-term effects on formal employment …

integration programmes, family policies and career and diversity plans, the native-migrant employment gap in Belgium is still one … investigates how the motive for migrating to Belgium contributes to the native-migrant employment gap. Based on data from the 2014 … employment outcomes of labour migrants (with and without a job prior to migration), family reunion migrants, student migrants and …