Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

DHS’ New Work Permit Measures are Welcome Change with Potential to Address USCIS Challenges (Immigration Impact Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Germany: A Points System for Labour Migration and a Hidden Gem (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

"Why Can’t We Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It Works," New York Times Magazine, 1 Oct. 2023 [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

- Focuses on the US.

Reports:

Creative approaches to boosting the employment of displaced Ukrainians in Central and Eastern Europe (ICMPD, Sept. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

How Granting Amnesty to Undocumented Immigrants Could Boost the US Labor Market (Rice Univ., Sept. 2023) [text]

The Impact of Forced Displacement on Host Communities: A summary of recent research by the World Bank, UNHCR and the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (EHAGL Regional Bureau Economic Advisory Unit, Oct. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Africa.

The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence Over 50 Years, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16439 (Institute of Labor Economics, Sept. 2023) [text]

Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants by Refugee Status: An Analysis of Linked Landing Files and Tax Records, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16471 (Institute of Labor Economics, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Journal articles:

"Alibis of Exclusion: The role of ethnic economies in the differentiated inclusion of refugees in Berlin," Migration Politics, vol. 2, no. 1 (2023) [open access] 

Anti-Trafficking Review, no. 21 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation."

"Can Women’s Cooperatives be a Solution for the Empowerment of Syrian Refugee Women?," International Journal of Human Mobility (2023) [full-text]

- Scroll to p. 57.

"Examining livelihood strategies of urban refugees through sustainable livelihoods perspective: A focus on Eritrean and Somali refugees in Addis Ababa," Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

Global Labour Rights Reporter, vol. 3, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

- Issue focus is on "Protecting the Labour Rights of Migrant Workers and Refugees." Available in English, French and Spanish.

"Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and among Agro-Pastoral peoples," International Migration, vol. 61, no. 5 (Oct. 2023) [open access]

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- Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects (20 Sept. 2023)