31 October 2020

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts:

Refugees Don’t Undermine the US Economy – They Energize It (The Conversation, Oct. 2020) [text]

Why Rapid Integration Policies for Refugees may Harm Long-term Integration into the Labour Market – Especially for Women (EUROPP Blog, Oct. 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Do Austrian Programmes Facilitate Labour Market Integration of Refugees?," International Migration, Early View, 21 Oct. 2020 [open access]

"Recognition of Prior Learning for Highly Skilled Refugees’ Labour Market Integration," International Migration, Early View, 6 Oct. 2020 [open access]
- Focuses on Sweden.

"Well-Being without Employment? Promoting the Employability of Refugees," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 21 (Oct. 2020) [open access]

Reports:

An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan, Working Paper, no. 8535 (CESifo, 2020) [text]

Concerning the Work and Living Conditions of Egyptian Migrant Workers in Jordan, Policy Brief (Center for Migration & Refugee Studies, Sept. 2020) [text]

The Effect of COVID-19 on the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Colombia (Refugees International & Center for Global Development, Oct. 2020) [access]
- Follow link for both English and Spanish versions.

From Displacement to Development: How Colombia Can Transform Venezuelan Displacement into Shared Growth (Refugees International & Center for Global Development, Oct. 2020) [text]

The Intersection of Labour and Refugee Policies in the Middle East and Turkey: Exploring the Dynamics of "Permanent Temporariness" (Civil Society Knowledge Centre, Sept. 2020) [text]

Migrantes en la República Argentina: Inserción en el Mercado de Trabajo (IOM, Oct. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Resource:

Migrants and Systemic Resilience: A Global COVID19 Research and Policy Hub (MigResHub) [access]
- "The primary aim of MigResHub is to facilitate research and policy debates on how migrant labour shapes the resilience of the provision of essential goods and services to the current Covid-19 pandemic and to similar shocks in the future. The Hub concentrates on three essential goods and services around the world: food and agriculture; health services; and social care."

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