19 January 2022

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

In a world searching for workers, refugees offer talent and loyalty (OECD Forum Network, Jan. 2022) [text]

Migrants in Germany increasingly important for labor market (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2021) [text]

"Resettling Main Street: Refugees bring revitalization to some of America’s small cities," USA Today, 10 Jan. 2022 [text]

Reports:
 
Cómo acceder y hacer uso del sistema financiero colombiano? Guía de orientación sobre inclusión financiera para refugiados y migrantes provenientes de Venezuela (R4V, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Differences in Household Composition: Hidden Dimensions of Poverty and Displacement in Somalia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9818 (World Bank, Oct. 2021) [text]

Economic opportunities for refugees: Lessons from five host countries (Population Council, Dec. 2021) [text]

Guide on Redesigning the Tech Hiring Process to Include Displaced Talent (TENT et al., Nov. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Housing Support Policies and Refugees' Labor Market Integration in Austria, Working Papers in Economics and Statistics, no. 32 (Univ. of  Innsbruck, Dec. 2021) [text]

Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey, Discussion Paper, no. 38 (CReAM, Dec. 2021) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"The Economic Dimensions of Family Separation," Duke Law Journal, vol. 71, no. 4 (2021) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Employment information needs and information behaviour of North Korean refugees," Information Research, vol. 26, no. 4 (Dec. 2021) [open access]
- Focuses on South Korea.

"Picking up the Pieces: Social Capital and Entrepreneurship for Livelihood Recovery Among Displaced Populations in Northeast Nigeria," Chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 2021) [postprint]

"Refugees and racial capitalism: Meatpacking and the primitive accumulation of labor," Political Geography, vol. 95 (May 2022) [free full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Refugees’ Meaning of Work: A Qualitative Investigation of Work Purposes and Expectations," Journal of Career Development, OnlineFirst, 30 Dec. 2021 [open access]
- Focuses on Switzerland.

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