13 May 2020

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & short articles:

Car-sharing in Lebanon: Overlooked Practices of Collective Self-reliance (Rethinking Refuge, April 2020) [text]

Human Rights are Refugee Rights: The Protection of Economic Rights for Refugees in the United States (Harvard Human Rights Journal Blog, April 2020) [text]

Making the Labor Market more Inclusive for Refugees (Institute for International Economic Studies, May 2020) [text]
- New research project that will focus on Uganda.

Rethinking Energy Economies for Refugees (Rethinking Refuge, May 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens, Migration and Development Brief, no. 32 (World Bank, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on remittances.

"Ethnic Enclaves, Self-employment, and the Economic Performance of Refugees: Evidence from a Swedish Dispersal Policy," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 5 May 2020 [open access]

The Fiscal Impact of Immigration: A Review of the Evidence, Working Paper, no. 573 (ODI, April 2020) [text]

"Job Quality of Refugees in Austria: Trade-offs Between Multiple Workplace Characteristics," German Journal of Human Resource Management, OnlineFirst, 28 April 2020 [open access]

Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 33, no. 1 (March 2020) [free full-text]
- Special issue on "Rethinking Refugee Self-Reliance."

"Refugee Migrants as Agents of Change: Strategies for Improved Livelihoods and Self-reliance," Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 40, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Syrian Refugees in the Turkish Labour Market (ILO, posted March 2020) [access]
- Follow link for report and infographic.

Understanding Syrian and Jordanian Youth Transitions from Education to Employment, LERRN Paper, no. 6 (Carleton Univ., April 2020) [text]

"Unveiling the Canvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration," International Journal of Management Reviews, vol. 22, no. 2 (April 2020) [ResearchGate]

US Foreign-Born Essential Workers by Status and State, and the Global Pandemic (Center for Migration Studies, May 2020) [text]

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