Integrating refugees into labor markets
2016 (English)In: IZA World of Labor, ISSN 2227-2283, E-ISSN 2054-9571, no May 2016Article in journal (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
For the first time since the Second World War, the total number of refugees amounts to more than 50 million people. Only a minority of these refugees seek asylum, and even fewer resettle in developed countries. At the same time, politicians, the media, and the public are worried about a lack of economic integration. Refugees start at a lower employment and income level, but subsequently “catch up” to the level of family unification migrants. However, both refugees and family migrants do not “catch up” to the economic integration levels of labor migrants. A faster integration process would significantly benefit refugees and their new host countries.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2016. no May 2016
National Category
Social Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-1708Local ID: 22215OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-1708DiVA, id: diva2:1398439
2020-02-272020-02-272022-06-27Bibliographically approved