Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts:

‘The asylum process broke my dream … now I have a new one': The Refugee Entrepreneurs (The Conversation, Dec. 2020) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

How is the Pandemic Affecting Remittances to Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings? (Dev4Peace Blog, Nov. 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"COVID-19 and Immigrant Essential Workers: Bhutanese and Burmese Refugees in the United States," Public Health Reports, OnlineFirst, 18 Nov. 2020 [free full-text]

"Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Latest Articles, 26 Nov. 2020 [open access]

"Organizational Inclusion and Identity Regulation: How Inclusive Organizations Form ‘Good’, ‘Glorious’ and ‘Grateful’ Refugees," Organization, OnlineFirst, 23 Nov. 2020 [open access]

- Draws on a multiple-case study of refugees working in Austria.

"Permanent or Temporary Settlement? A Study on the Short-term Effects of Residence Status on Refugees’ Labour Market Participation," Comparative Migration Studies, 8:44 (Nov. 2020) [open access]

- Focuses on Sweden.

"South-South Migration: Remittances of Labour Migrants and Household Expenditures in Uzbekistan," International Migration, Early View, 5 Nov. 2020 [preprint]

Reports:

COVID-19 and Refugees' Economic Opportunities, Financial Services and Digital Inclusion (International Rescue Committee, Nov. 2020) [text]

- This research is based on findings in refugee contexts in Jordan, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.

Jobs Interventions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Jobs Notes, no. 13 (World Bank, Oct. 2020) [text]

- See also earlier related working paper. 

Key Considerations on Education and Transition to Employment for Refugees (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

Lift the Ban? Initial Employment Restrictions and Refugee Labor Market Outcomes, Research Briefs in Economic Policy, no. 241 (CATO Institute, Nov. 2020) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Managing the Pandemic and Its Aftermath: Economies, Jobs, and International Migration in the Age of COVID-19 (Migration Policy Institute, Nov. 2020) [text]

Protecting Undocumented Workers on the Pandemic’s Front Lines: Immigrants are Essential to America’s Recovery (Center for American Progress, Dec. 2020) [text]

UNHCR Decentralised Livelihood Evaluations Synthesis Report (2019) (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

- Based on five country studies: Djibouti, Malaysia, Mauritania, Senegal and South Sudan. See also related summary.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (31 Oct. 2020)