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The impact of refugee crises on host labor markets : the case of the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey
Akgündüz, Yusuf Emre; Berg, Marcel van den; Hassink, … - 2015
influx in Turkey has affected food and housing prices, employment rates and internal migration patterns in regions of Turkey … limited migration out of the region, but there is a significant decline in internal migration into regions hosting refugees …. Nevertheless, the decline in internal in-migration is less than a tenth of the refugee influx, implying that there is little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010478984
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Shoring up economic refugees: Venezuelan migrants in the Ecuadorian labor market
Olivieri, Sergio; Ortega, Francesc; Rivadeneira, Ana; … - 2020
Ecuador has become the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans that left their country in the last five years, hosting around 10% of them. Little is known about the characteristics of these migrants and their labor market outcomes. This paper fills this gap, analyzing a new large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253741
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Mapping experiences and research about unaccompanied refugee minors in Sweden and other countries
Çelikaksoy, Aycan; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2016
Many unaccompanied children have applied for asylum during the last few years, especially in 2015. These children face special challenges and risk being exploited due to their age and legal status. In this paper we survey research and otherwise documented experiences regarding this group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523168
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Not welcome anymore : the effect of electoral incentives on the reception of refugees
Gamalerio, Matteo - 2018
Do electoral incentives affect immigration policies? I study this question in the setting of Italian municipalities making decisions about the reception of refugees. The localized control of the reception policy (SPRAR), combined with the exogenous timing of policy decisions and staggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898665
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The labor market effects of restricting refugees' employment opportunities
Ahrens, Achim; Beerli, Andreas; Hangartner, Dominik; … - 2023
Refugees, and immigrants more generally, often do not have access to all jobs in the labor market. We argue that restrictions on employment opportunities help explain why immigrants have lower employment and wages than native citizens. To test this hypothesis, we leverage refugees' exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500760
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Back to work : the unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ecuador's labor market
Olivieri, Sergio; Ortega, Francesc; Rivadeneira, Ana - 2023
Using the 2021 and 2022 HFPS for Ecuador, the paper investigates the labor market trajectories of different socio-economic groups. The analysis shows that the employment of older individuals, less-educated workers, and women fell disproportionately. However, while the recovery between 2021 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014317711
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The externalities of immigration policies on migration flows : the case of an asylum policy
Guichard, Lucas; Machado, Joël - 2024
We analyze the externalities arising from a bilateral asylum policy - the list of safe origin countries - relying on a tractable model. Using self-collected monthly data, we estimate that including one origin country on the safe list of a given destination decreases asylum applications from that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014520389
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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity : a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2005
. -- self-employment ; entrepreneurship ; ethinicity ; migration ; asylum seekers ; refugees ; migrant workers ; family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003238617
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The evils of forced migration : do integration policies alleviate migrants' economic situations?
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Link, Susanne - 2011
Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is …. This holds implications for the design of integration policies today. -- forced migration ; integration policy ; difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310062
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The economic integration of forced migrants : evidence for Post-War Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2011
the lower tail of the skill distribution. -- forced migration ; economic integration ; World War II ; West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310883