in various ways to help refugees and mentorship pro- grams in particular gained significance. As this report shows …, participating in a mentorship program has a positive impact on refugees: They improve their language skills and become more socially … active. Mentors experience the relationship positively and want to continue their volunteer work with refugees. The results …

We study the short- and long-term economic and social integration of European war refugees. The population under study … left former Yugoslavia for Sweden in the early 1990s. In the first years, there were significant human capital investments … in language training, adult education, and active labor market programs. The Yugoslav refugees then exhibited a …

This paper evaluates an ambitious and newly designed program for increased integration in Sweden. The purpose of the … program is to help newly arrived, low-educated refugees into employment. The program includes four main components: (1 …

find that immigrants lower their participation rates in welfare with time spent in Sweden. Refugees display substantially …This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased substantially in Sweden in …

This paper evaluates an ambitious and newly designed program for increased integration in Sweden. The purpose of the … program is to help newly arrived, low-educated refugees into employment. The program includes four main components: (1 …

This paper evaluates an ambitious and newly designed program for increased integration in Sweden. The purpose of the … program is to help newly arrived, low-educated refugees into employment. The program includes four main components: (1 …

refugees. The program has immediate and substantial short-run effects on employment, corresponding to around 15 percentage …

that immigrants lower their participation rates in welfare with time spent in Sweden. Refugees display substantially higher …This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased in Sweden in the 1990's …

that immigrants lower their participation rates in welfare with time spent in Sweden. Refugees display substantially higher …This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased in Sweden in the 1990's …