Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

A New Policy to Better Integrate Refugees into Host-Country Labor Markets (CGD Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Opposition Mounts to Trump’s Effort to Delay Work Permits for People Seeking Asylum (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

People Seeking Asylum Can Have a Better Life – Lift the Ban on Work (The Conversation, Nov. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Employment Gaps Between Refugees, Migrants and Natives: Evidence from Austrian Register Based
Labour Market Data (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Nov. 2019) [text]
- See also related news story.

Engaging Business in Refugee Employment (Univ. of Sydney, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Focus is on Australia.

Integration through Exploitation: Syrians in Turkey (Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2019) [open access]

Lessons Learned from the ILO’s Refugee Response Programme in Turkey: Supporting Livelihood Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities (ILO, June 2019) [text]

The Long-Term Impact of DACA: Forging Futures Despite DACA’s Uncertainty (Harvard Univ., Nov. 2019) [access]

"Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continuity among Highly Educated Syrians in Norway," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 25 Nov. 2019 [open access]

"Qualification Programmes for Immigrant Health Professionals: A Systematic Review,"  PLoS ONE 14(11): e0224933 (Nov. 2019) [open access]

State Fact Sheets on Refugees (New American Economy, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Trump’s ‘Immployment’ Law Agenda: Intensifying Employment-based Enforcement and Un-authorizing the Authorized," Southwestern Law Review, vol. 48 (Forthcoming, 2019) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Lecture: Migrants and Refugees: Are They Holding Us Back or Pushing Us Forward?, Las Vegas, 30 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 1 (6 Nov. 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects - Pt. 2 (6 Nov. 2019)

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