The paper examines the European Union's efforts to promote economic and social integration. Despite significant convergence across EU member states, regional inequalities persist, particularly between urban centers and lagging rural areas, fueling Euroscepticism and political polarization. To...

We evaluate a two year school development program aimed at enhancing the quality of education for recent migrant students and Swedish language learners through customized packages of professional development for teachers and support of school man-agement. We exploit the pairwise randomized roll...

Employment gaps between refugees and natives are well documented, yet the role of trauma-related mental health in shaping these gaps remains underexplored, partly because most data sources lack measures of symptoms early after arrival. We assess probable PTSD shortly after displacement in an...

This paper studies the impact of birthright citizenship on youth crime. We leverage a reform which automatically granted birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant children born in Germany after January 1, 2000 and administrative crime data from three federal states. Immigrant youth who...

This paper studies whether alternative integration-policy framings affect cooperation in ethnically diverse groups. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment with 390 adolescents in mixed classrooms in Italy. Within each class, students were randomly assigned to small groups that received either...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly characterized as a General Purpose Technology (GPT) capable of reconfiguring work, accelerating digitalization, and raising aggregate productivity. Yet the pace and inclusiveness of AI adoption depend less on technical potential than on complementary...

This paper studies the impact of birthright citizenship on youth crime. We leverage a reform which automatically granted birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant children born in Germany after January 1, 2000 and administrative crime data from three federal states. Immigrant youth who...

This study analyzes how Entrepreneurship Education Programs (EEPs) are discussed in the scientific literature, focusing on their relationship with social entrepreneurship, socioeconomic inclusion, sustainable development, and economic growth. The study adopts a narrative literature review with...

This paper studies whether alternative integration-policy framings affect cooperation in ethnically diverse groups. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment with 390 adolescents in mixed classrooms in Italy. Within each class, students were randomly assigned to small groups that received either...

This open access short reader provides an introductory yet critically analytical exploration of migration and the politics of integration. Drawing inspiration from Nira Yuval-Davis' concept of the 'politics of belonging,' we define the 'politics of integration' as various political projects...

The pursuit of disabled students' inclusion in higher education remains a significant global concern, particularly in developing nations where systemic and institutional barriers persist. Despite progressive legislative and policy frameworks promoting inclusive education, Kenyan and Pakistani...

A new ESRI study, commissioned by Pobal, examines socioeconomic conditions across communities in Ireland. Using Census data, the study examines how potential barriers to social inclusion have changed over time and if disadvantaged communities are particularly adversely affected. Findings from...

This report estimates the global cost of refugee inclusion in host countries' health systems. The methodology applies current health spending in host countries to the number of refugees in each country and models' capital costs to support additional resource needs, such as building new health...

This paper presents causal evidence on how financial aid for Hungarian minorities in Slovakia leads to their non-assimilation. Using a staggered panel event study design, I show that the introduction of financial aid by the Hungarian government led to a statistically significant 2.35 percentage...

This study examines the current performance and future challenges of EU funding in the areas of employment, skills, and social inclusion-focusing on the ESF+, the EGF, and InvestEU's Social Investment and Skills Window (SISW). Based on desk research, stakeholder interviews, an online survey, and...

Objective:The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship between acculturation and flourishing and to identify factors that lead to better adaptation of a very particular group of migrants - sojourners in Mexico. The study employed detailed measures of acculturation according to the RAEM...

The Venezuelan displacement crisis has become a defining moment in South-South migration dynamics across Latin America. Since 2015, severe food shortages, medicine scarcity, soaring inflation and widespread human rights violations have driven a massive exodus from Venezuela. By June 2024, the...

This paper evaluates a program that seeks to improve the levels of social inclusion of families with children and adolescents receiving the National Minimum Income Scheme (IMV) and/or the Regional Inclusion Income (RISGA) in the seven largest municipalities in Galicia, Spain. The intervention...

The implementation of Croatia's 'National Roma Strategic Framework' (NRSF) has led to visible progress in promoting Roma culture, improving living conditions, and enhancing participation. Awareness-raising initiatives, cultural memorials, and media projects have strengthened the recognition of...

Sweden's National Roma Inclusion Strategy (NRIS), adopted in 2012 as a 20-year policy framework, reflects an important political recognition of the need to address the structural exclusion of Roma communities. The strategy's greatest strength lies in its long-term scope, its grounding in...

Many studies exploit the random placement of individuals into groups such as schools or regions to estimate the effects of group-level variables on these individuals. Assuming a simple data generating process, we show that the typical estimate contains three components: the causal effect of...

Our study analyzes the essential role of social innovation in reducing social exclusion and unemployment while improving citizens' well-being through targeted public policies that enhance GDP allocations to social protection. Using Eurostat data and European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) from 2019...

This report accompanies the launch of an updated version, v3, of the GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset. The Dataset includes information on the citizenship laws in 191 countries in the period 2020 to 2024 and longitudinal data on global dual citizenship acceptance since 1960. After introducing...