07 September 2021

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

"The economic case for letting in as many refugees as possible," Vox, 23 Aug. 2021 [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Reports & journal articles:

"The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:38 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Employer Preferences Towards Recruitment of Refugees: A Danish Vignette Study," Nordic Journal of Migration Research, vol. 11, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"Exploring the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis for the employment prospects of refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia," Australian Journal of Social Issues, Early View, 31 Aug. 2021 [free full-text]

"Human Rights, Economic Assumptions, the Jordan Compact, and the Syrian Refugee Crisis," Academia Letters, Art. no. 1429 (June 2021) [open access]

The Making of a Lost Generation: Child Labor among Syrian Refugees in Turkey, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 14466 (Institute of Labor Economics, June 2021) [text]

"Migration Regime and 'Language Part of Work': Experiences of Syrian Refugees as Surplus Population in the Turkish Labor Market," Critical Sociology, vol. 47, nos. 4-5 (2021) [Academia]

Taking the Long View: Options for Inclusive Post-Pandemic Labor Markets (Migration Policy Institute, Aug. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Europe.

"Tax Equality for Immigrants: The Indispensable Ingredient for Remedying Child Poverty in the United States," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 2 Sept. 2021 [open access]

Uganda Knowledge Brief: Improving employment outcomes for refugees (UNHCR, July 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Understanding the Role of Refugees' Entrepreneurship Motives and Challenges in Integration: Evidence From the Food Industry," Journal of Economy, Culture and Society, Early View, 12 Aug. 2021 [open access]
- Data "collected through semi-structured interviews with Syrian refugees in two major European cities (i.e., London and Istanbul)."

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