Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Publications:

Access to Citizenship and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants (SSRN, March 2017) [text]

Differences in Labour Market Outcomes between Natives, Refugees and Other Migrants in the UK (SSRN, May 2017) [text]

The Economic and Social Outcomes of Refugees in the United States: Evidence from the ACS, Working Paper, no. 23498 (National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2017) [abstract]
- See also related stories on The Asylumist Blog, FiveThirtyEight, Quartz, and the Washington Post.

"How Merkel Will Integrate a Million Refugees," The International Economy (Winter 2017) [free full-text]

Ireland: Supreme Administrative Court Rules that the Absolute Prohibition on Work for Asylum Seekers is Unconstitutional (EDAL, May 2017) [text]

The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results, Working Paper, no. 455 (Center for Global Development, May 2017) [text]
- See also related blog post, "What the Mariel Boatlift of Cuban Refugees Can Teach Us about the Economics of Immigration: An Explainer and a Revelation."

"A New Paper Rekindles a Tiresome Debate on Immigration and Wages," The Economist, 12 June 2017 [text]

*Reaching Society's Potential: How SolidarityNow Works for a Paradigm Shift in Integration of Refugees? (SolidarityNow, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Right to Belong (If You Can Afford It): Market-based Restrictions on Social Citizenship in Refugee Resettlement," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 10 Feb. 2017 [full-text]

RSC podcasts:

A number of sessions held at the Refugee Studies Centre's conference, "Beyond Crisis: Rethinking Refugee Studies," Oxford, 16-17 March 2017, discussed refugee work and economic matters. Here is a selection for which podcasts are available (view the programme for a listing of individual presentations that can be accessed within each session):

• Forced Migrants in the Labour Market? Inclusion, Exclusion, Rights and Realities [access]
• Labour Market Impacts and Opportunities [access]
• Refugee Economies [access]

In addition, a presentation entitled "The Labour Market Impact of Refugee Camps on Host Communities" was given during the session on "What about Host Communities?"

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (19 May 2017)

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