Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

70 Years of Workers’ Rights for Refugees (HIAS Blog, April 2021) [text]

Iran policy change gives refugees access to banking services (UNHCR, June 2021) [text]

Transnational Skills Partnerships between Ghana and Germany: A “triple-win” solution? (AMMODI Blog, June 2021) [text]

Reports:

Betwixt and Between: Integrating Refugees into the EU Labour Market (European Trade Union Institute, 2021) [text]

Bread and Salt: Labour, Reputation, and Trust between Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Hashish Farmers in the Northern Biqa'a, Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper, no. 43 (Univ. of Gothenburg, 2021) [text]

A Decade in Search of Work: A review of policy commitments for Syrian refugees’ livelihoods in Jordan (International Rescue Committee, updated March 2021) [text]

Labor Market Access in Forced Displacement Contexts: Considerations and Recommendations for the World Bank Group and Other Investors (InterAction, June 2021) [text via RI]

Labour Market Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees (EPRS, June 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Europe.

Mapping Labour Skills of Migrants in Misrata: Challenges and Strategies for Integration into the Libyan Market (IOM & Georgetown Univ., May 2021) [text]

A Multidimensional Approach to Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, ERF Working Paper, no. 1472 (Economic Research Forum, April 2021) [text]

Private Sector Initiatives in Forced Displacement Contexts: Constraints and Opportunities for Market-based Approaches, EMCompass Note, no. 103 (International Finance Corporation, May 2021) [text]

Relentless: Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Host Countries (Jusoor & SPARK, May 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.

A spotlight on economic reintegration for Afghan returnees, 4Mi snaphot (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2021) [text]

The Unintended Consequences of Deportations: Evidence from Firm Behavior in El Salvador, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9521 (World Bank, Jan. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Even worse than the undocumented? Assessing the refugees’ integration in the labour market of Lombardy (Italy) in 2001–2014," International Migration, Early View, 6 June 2021 [open access]

"From Center to Periphery and Back Again: A Systematic Literature Review of Refugee Entrepreneurship," Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 18 (Sept. 2020) [open access]

"Immigrant entrepreneurship: a review and research agenda," Journal of Business Research, vol. 113 (May 2020) [postprint]

- Note: Access to the text is under embargo until 26 Sept. 2021.

"Introduction to special issue: Labour market integration of highly skilled refugees in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands," International Migration, Early View, 5 June 2021 [open access]

"Refugee Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review of Prior Research and Agenda for Future Research," Journal of Business Research (Forthcoming; posted May 2021) [preprint]

Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal, vol. 56, no. 3 (Feb. 2021) [contents]

- Includes special focus on "Refugee Entrepreneurship," with five open access articles; the introduction is not freely available.

"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]

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