This paper formulates a partial search model in which unemployed individuals simultaneously search for job and location of residence. Most importantly, we show that, ceteris paribus, a decrease in current place utility increases the transition rate into a new location of residence and the...

How do dispersal policies affect labour market integration of refugee immigrants subjected to such policy? To investigate this, we estimate the effects of location characteristics and the average effect of geographical mobility on the hazard rate into first job of refugee immigrants subjected to...

As in the U.S. and Canada, migration is a controversial issue in Europe. This paper explores the possibility that immigration policy may affect the labor market assimilation of immigrants and hence natives? sentiments towards immigrants. It first reviews the assimilation literature in economics...

The naturalization of asylum seekers is modeled as an economic problem. In choosing their level of investment in host-country-specific human capital, asylum seekers take into consideration the probability of their being naturalized. The government of the host country chooses the probability of...

Finding durable solutions for the refugee crises has always been a difficult task for international community. There are three widely accepted procedures which apply to political migrants who find themselves outside of the territory of persecution, namely resettlement, reintegration and...

In a relatively brief timeframe, Poland has witnessed a substantial increase in immigration,transitioning from predominantly an emigration country to one characterised by both emigrationand immigration. Undoubtedly, with the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the need to implementintegration measures...

Bildung in Form von Sprache und Qualifikation ist der Schlüssel zur Integration von Flüchtlingen am deutschen Arbeitsmarkt und damit auch in die Gesellschaft. Sie wird nur gelingen, wenn die Politik von realistischen Prämissen über das Bildungs- und Qualifikationsniveau der Flüchtlinge...

The naturalization of asylum seekers is modeled as an economic problem. In choosing their level of investment in host-country-specific human capital, asylum seekers take into consideration the probability of their being naturalized. The government of the host country chooses the probability of...