We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for … job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly assigned fictitious Syrian refugees with … experience in jobs with low skill requirements and completed language training in Swedish to employers advertising low …

This paper examines the causal impact of a large-scale Turkish language training program on the academic performance … staggered difference-in-differences design, we find that the program led to improvements in Turkish language and Math scores of … refugee students, along with a significant reduction in their school absences. The language gains and associated improvements …

linguistic enclaves, (2) the determinants of destination language proficiency among international migrants, based on a model (the … international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the ease of obtaining proficiency in the destination language and access to … destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …

We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants' eligibility criteria for permanent … residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform … intended, the overall employment of those affected decreased while their average language proficiency remained largely …

We analyze an immigration reform in Denmark that tightened refugee immigrants' eligibility criteria for permanent … residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform … intended, the overall employment of those affected decreased while their average language proficiency remained largely …

effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language skills, as well as the effects on immigrant earnings of destination …This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The … language skills and the linguistic concentration. These hypotheses are tested using PUMS data from the 1990 U.S. Census on …

that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants' attachment to their home countries, while not affecting …This study deals with the impact of the 2015 European Refugee Crisis on the ethnic identity of resident migrants in … Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasiexperimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are …

discrimination, more asylum centres close to areas of conflict, and more attention to education and training in areas where refugees … selectively managed immigration from outside the EU, more attention to integration of immigrants, more rooting out of … tensions in actual and perceived values between immigrants and native populations. These divisions affect not only the first …

sorting based on academic ability within regular classes. We find that a higher share of refugees in language support classes …We exploit the 1990-2000 inflow of Yugoslav refugees to Geneva to examine two understudied yet policy …-relevant integration mechanisms for refugee pupils: language support classes, provided prior to integration into regular classes, and …

We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving Danish language training for those granted refugee status on or after … effect emerged after completion of language classes and was accompanied by additional schooling and higher probability of … working in communication-intensive jobs, suggesting that language training, rather than other minor aspects of the reform …