Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Blog posts & press:

Declining Immigration is Leaving US Jobs Unfilled (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Jordan issues record number of work permits to Syrian refugees (UNHCR, Jan. 2022) [text]

#LiftTheBan: The Impacts of the Work Ban on UK Asylum Seekers (CGD Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

#LiftTheBan: Why UK Asylum Seekers Don’t Have the Right to Work (CGD Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Refugees in U.S. struggle to find long-term work," Cornell Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022 [text]

The Remote Work Loophole for Refugees in Jordan: An Incentive Towards Digital Skills Training? (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

New open access book:

Labour Migration in the Time of Covid-19: Inequalities and Perspectives for Change (CNR Edizioni 2021) [open access]

- "This volume... offers a wide and in-depth analysis of the consequences that migrant workers are facing in these days: as a vulnerable group, they have to cope with an unpredictable and exceptional situation – COVID-19 pandemics – adding elements of weakness to their already fragile state."

Journal articles:

"From refugee to manager? Organisational socialisation practices, refugees' experiences and polyrhythmic socialisation," European Management Review, Early View, 28 Jan. 2022 [open access]

- Focuses on Austria. 

"The role and challenges of public service organisations in the labour market integration of refugees: A relational perspective analysing integration measures in Austria, Finland, Germany and Sweden," European Management Review, Early View, 3 Feb. 2022 [open access]

"Syrian Refugees’ Integration Policies in Jordanian Labor Market," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 13 (June 2021) [open access]

Reports:

An Assessment of Kenya’s Private Sector Digital Outsourcing Landscape and Its Potential to Support Refugee Economic Inclusion (International Trade Centre, Norwegian Refugee Council & Amahoro Coalition, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Financial Literacy Training in Uganda's Refugee Response: A Learning Brief (UNHCR & WFP, Nov. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Graduation Programme in Mozambique: Objectives of the Impact Evaluation on employment, welfare and social integration for refugees and host communities (UNHCR, Feb. 2022) [text]

How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9915 (World Bank, Jan. 2022) [text]

Labor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 9914 (World Bank, Jan. 2022) [text]

Pathways for Labor Migration from Northern Central America: Five Difficult But Necessary Proposals (World Refugee & Migration Council, Jan. 2022) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (19 Jan. 2022)