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 …

Refugee migration has increased considerably since the Second World War, and amounts to more than 50 million refugees …. 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 …

economic integration of refugees. We leverage a natural experiment in Germany, where a court ruling prompted a reduction in the … percentage points lower for refugees who, upon arrival, had to wait for an additional seven months before they were allowed to … employment bans considerably slowed down the economic integration of refugees and reduced their motivation to integrate early on …

domestic goals at times, imposing restrictive policies on forced migrants to deter inflows and deflect refugees to fellow …

We explore whether a civic integration component dedicated to labor market training (the ONA) boosts refugees' economic … Netherlands and Regression Discontinuity design we find that taking the ONA sped up the economic integration of refugees for 3 … ONA results in refugees working for larger, less labor-intensive and less routine-task intensive firms and experiencing …