Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. In this paper, we ask whether … a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two … after eight years of residency in Germany, while adults faced a 15-year residency requirement. Since 2000, all immigrants …

migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …This article summarizes three different strands of the literature that address the labor market effects of language … ongoing globalization leads to an increased demand for foreign language proficiency to reduce search and information costs and …

types of immigrants, and provides a new analysis comparing refugees to other immigrants in the United States using a sample … in host-country-specific human capital might differ between refugees and other immigrants, and presents a new analysis of …This chapter discusses the research in economics on refugees and asylum seekers. Section 1 describes the trends in …

migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This … host country (worker, refugee, and family reunification), ethnic networks, enclaves and other differences among ethnicities …

labour market integration. We investigate a government-sponsored language training programme for immigrants in France. Using … more educated immigrants, but disappear for refugees …Language training programmes have become a crucial part of immigrant integration policies in many developed countries …

Germany. The existing evidence shows that the economic outcomes of migrants are far behind natives. However, immigrants are a … refugees and other migrants and compare the employment probability gap between refugees, other migrants, and natives. I also … examine whether refugees have a lower employment outcome than other migrants and to what extent the level of education …

migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …There are concerns about the attachment of immigrants to the labor force, and the potential policy responses. This … host country (worker, refugee, and family reunification), ethnic networks, enclaves and other differences among ethnicities …