destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor …This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …

Contracts for the Reception and Integration of Refugees (CTAIR); · Resolving information and evaluation asymmetries: Vienna …

urbanised areas. Immigrants have high well-being outcomes on average but suffer an initial shortfall in employment and wages … further adjustments to the system to enhance its well-being benefits for both the NZ-born and immigrants. This Working Paper …

types of immigrants, and provides a new analysis comparing refugees to other immigrants in the United States using a sample … in host-country-specific human capital might differ between refugees and other immigrants, and presents a new analysis of …This chapter discusses the research in economics on refugees and asylum seekers. Section 1 describes the trends in …

temporary migrants already in the country as sources of permanent immigration. An overview of key results in the literature on … the economic performance of skilled immigrants is presented with a particular focus on the wage returns to skill both in …

migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This … host country (worker, refugee, and family reunification), ethnic networks, enclaves and other differences among ethnicities …

The United States has admitted more than 3 million refugees since 1980 through official refugee resettlement programs …, refugees arrived without formal selection processes or federal support. We examine the integration of historical refugees using … a large archive of recorded oral history interviews to understand linguistic attainment of migrants who arrived in the …

Children of refugees are among the most economically disadvantaged youth in several European countries. They are more … likely to drop out of school and to commit crime. We show that a reform in Denmark in 1999, that expanded language training … for adult refugees and improved their economic integration, had significant intergenerational spillover effects in terms …

designing measures to improve language acquisition. Empirical evidence shows that immigrants differ in their ability to learn …Language proficiency is a key driver of immigrant integration. It increases job opportunities and facilitates social … and political participation. However, despite its vital importance, many immigrants never reach adequate proficiency in …

immigrants are increasingly highly skilled since the 1980s. This paper analyses the determinants of changes in the skill … composition of immigrants using a framework suggested by Grogger & Hanson (2011). We focus on Switzerland, which continuously … showed very high immigration rates and dramatic changes in the skill composition of immigrants. In addition, the recent …