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Refugees hosted across the developed world often work in low-quality jobs, regardless of education previously attained … in their country of origin. In this paper, I analyse the long-term value of formal host-country education for refugees … attained in Austria vis-Ã -vis Bosnia on labour market outcomes for refugees aged around schooling thresholds. These estimates …
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Between 2015-2019, an estimated 1.8 million Venezuelans fled into neighboring Colombia. Despite being well-educated on average, these migrants are disproportionately employed in low-skill occupations in the informal sector. Using geographic variation in exposure to migration combined with an...
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conditioning on age, gender, educational attainment, and area of living, only 32 percent of refugees were employed in February 2020 … compared with 63 percent of nationals. With the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the share of employed for both refugees … and nationals fell by around 36 percent, such that in May-June 2020, only 21 percent of refugees were still employed …
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the main gateway of the Venezuelan refugees and migrants entering Brazil, and focusing on the formal sector employment of … employment, specially among the female workers in Roraima. Focusing on the host community, the findings suggest that Venezuelan … influx led to increase in formal sector employment among the Brazilians, while the effect on both overall and native wages …
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conditioning on age, gender, educational attainment, and area of living, only 32 percent of refugees were employed in February 2020 … compared with 63 percent of nationals. With the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the share of employed for both refugees … and nationals fell by around 36 percent, such that in May-June 2020, only 21 percent of refugees were still employed …
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Denmark has accepted refugees from a large variety of countries and for more than four decades. Denmark has also …-arrival refugee policies and summarize studies that evaluate their effects on the labor market performance of refugees. Lastly, we …
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Our paper describes crime effects attributable to the Mariel Boatlift, the 1980 Cuban refugee crisis that increased Miami’s population by nearly 10%. Using synthetic control methods to match Miami with cities that exhibit similar pre-intervention crime patterns, we find strong evidence the...
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skilled and have high rates of employment, compared to Ecuadorians. However, their employment is of much lower quality … downgrading, relative to their employment prior to emigration. As a result, despite their high educational attainment, Venezuelans … that measures that allow Venezuelans to obtain employment that matches their skills, such as facilitating the conversion of …
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