Friday 13 April 2018

(The struggle for) refugee integration into the labour market: Evidence from Europe

a column by Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini and Luigi Minale for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal

The lack of differentiation between refugees and other immigrants in immigration data presents major problems for researchers looking at refugee integration.

This column uses novel European data to investigate factors affecting the integration of asylum seekers into host labour markets. The results suggest that allowing free residential mobility and reducing uncertainty in refugee status determination processes could improve future labour market outcomes.

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