20 April 2024

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces focusing on the United States:

Do immigrants and immigration help the economy? (The Brink, April 2024) [text]

"Dollars, cents and the migrant story you aren’t reading," Masslive.com, 5 April 2024 [text]

Immigrants Contribute Billions to Federal and State Taxes Each Year (Immigration Impact Blog, April 2024) [text]

"Immigration is Powering the U.S. Economy," Time Magazine, 5 April 2024 [text]

Welcome Corps at Work:  Connecting U.S. Employers with Skilled Refugee Employees (US State Dept., April 2024) [text]

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains (Harvard Business School, April 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Boletín: Medios de vida e inclusión económica (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Guatemala.

Do Migrants Displace Native-Born Workers on the Labour Market? The Impact of Workers' Origin, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16887 (Institute of Labor Economics, March 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Belgium.

"Economic and labour market impacts of migration in Austria: an agent-based modelling approach," Comparative Migration Studies, 12:18 (March 2024) [open access]

Enhancing Job Opportunities and Training, Honduras Best Practices Livelihood Programmes, no. 3 (UNHCR, March 2024) [text]

Estudio de Inclusión Económica: Refugiados y migrantes venezolanos en Perú desarrollado en las ciudades de Tumbes, Trujillo, Lima/Callao, Ica y Arequipa (USAID & World Council of Credit Unions, Nov 2023) [text]

"Improving Refugees’ Integration with Online Resource Allocation," Communications of the ACM, Online First, 22 March 2024 [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

Reviewing the contribution of the private sector to economic and labour market development in forced displacement contexts, RSC Working Paper, no. 141 (Refugee Studies Centre, March 2024) [text]

Stolen in Plain Sight: Losing Track of Forced Labor in the United States (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, April 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Multimedia:

New Study Upends Negative Assumptions about the Economic Impact of Refugees (Need to Know Podcast, March 2024) [access]
- Focuses on the US.

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