Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Reports:

Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 13953 (Institute of Labor Economics, Dec. 2020) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Employment and decent work in refugee and other forced displacement contexts: Compendium of ILO’s lessons learned, emerging good practices and policy guidance (International Labour Organization, Jan. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Shoring Up Economic Refugees: Venezuelan Migrants in the Ecuadoran Labor Market, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9332 (World Bank, July 2020) [text]

Supporting the financial health of refugees: The Finance in Displacement (FIND) study in Uganda and Mexico (Tufts Univ., Dec. 2020) [text]

Unveiling the Cost of Internal Displacement: 2020 Report (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Jan. 2021 [text]

Using Socioeconomic Data to Promote Employment Solutions for Refugees in Uganda, Policy Brief (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"The Effects of Limited Work Opportunities on Transitions to Adulthood among Young Refugees in Uganda and Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 9 Nov. 2020 [postprint]

- Note: Access to this text is embargoed until 9 Nov. 2022.

"Forced unemployment or undocumented work: The burden of the prohibition to work for asylum seekers in the UK," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 5 Jan. 2021 [UEL IR]

"From Refugees to Trans-local Entrepreneurs: Crossing the Borders between Formal Institutions and Informal Practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 19 Jan. 2019 [ResearchGate]

"In the interest of saving: Refugee‐led microfinance in Kampala, Uganda," Development Policy Review, vol. 39, no. 1 (Jan. 2021) [open access]

"On the Coattails of globalization: migration, migrants and COVID-19 in Asia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 1 (2021) [free full-text]

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