Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

As Trump Slashes All Immigration, Other Countries Open Their Doors (Immigration Impact Blog, March 2020) [text]

ILO-UNHCR Parnership: Joint Action for Decent Work and Long-term Solutions for Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons (ILO & UNHCR, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Michigan Compact on Immigration: Business Leaders Release 'Michigan Compact' in Support of Immigration (ImmigrationProf Blog, March 2020) [text]

South Africa Undermines Refugee Right to Human Dignity and Work (MJIL Blog, Feb. 2020) [text] 

Reports & journal articles:

Evidence from Interventions to Improve the Economic Self-Sufficiency of Refugee Women, K4D Helpdesk Report (DFID, Feb. 2020) [text]

Financial Inclusion for Refugees in India: A Study on the Practical Access to Banks and Financial Systems, RLI Working Paper, no. 44 (Refugee Law Initiative, Feb. 2020) [text]

"A Geographical Path to Integration? Exploring the Interplay between Regional Context and Labour Market Integration among Refugees in Sweden," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 46, no. 1 (2020) [open access]

Informal Adaptive Mechanisms among Refugees in the Middle East: Understanding Adaptation, Resilience and Agency in Securing Livelihoods in the Informal Economy among Refugees from Syria in Lebanon and Jordan (American Univ. of Beirut, Feb. 2020) [access]
- Follow link to access six papers on the agriculture sector in Lebanon, tribal networks, female heads of households, refugee entrepreneurs Jordan and Lebanon, and refugee participation in the informal economy.

International Migration and Work: Charting an Ethical Approach to the Future (Center for Migration Studies, March 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 34, no. 1 (Winter 2020) [free full-text]
- Includes "Symposium: Assimilation of Refugees," with two articles on asylum migration to the developed world and labor market integration in high-income countries.

Labour-related Experiences of Migrants and Refugees in South Africa (Scalabrini Inst. for Human Mobility in Africa, March 2020) [text]

"Perceptions about the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of International Migration and Integration, OnlineFirst, 19 March 2020 [open access]

Refugee Migration and the Politics of Redistribution: Do Supply and Demand Meet?, Discussion Paper, no. 132 (Aboa Centre for Economics, 2020) [text via SSRN]
- Focuses on Finland.

Revisiting Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 12976 (Institute of Labor Economics, Feb. 2020) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (26 Feb. 2020)