17 February 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

*Native-Born Americans are Not Losing Jobs to Foreigners (CATO At Liberty Blog, Feb. 2025) [text]

President Carter had to balance employers’ demands for foreign workers with pressure to restrict immigration – and so does Trump (The Conversation, Jan. 2025) [text]

Refugee entrepreneurs paying it forward through innovative microloans (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Uganda.

Refugees inside and outside the labour market 2023 (Statistics Norway, Feb. 2025) [text]

Reports: 

At a tipping point: How financial strains are driving Ukrainians abroad back home (IFRC, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Canada has destroyed me": Labour exploitation of migrant workers in Canada (Amnesty International, Jan. 2025) [text]

Enhancing Women Refugee Entrepreneurship: Identifying Barriers and Support Mechanisms (Western Sydney Univ., Feb. 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Australia. See also info on a new Refugee Women Accelerator Initiative launched by Thrive Refugee Enterprise.

Journal articles:

"Crafting in waiting: social entrepreneurship and refugee labour at the frontier," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 30 Jan. 2025 [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"From Burden to Balance: The Role of Age and Education Level in the Distribution of Refugees in Europe," EconPol Forum, vol. 26, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"Gendered Analysis of the Effect of Displacement on Labor Market Outcomes: A Focus on Nairobi County, Kenya," Economies, vol. 13, no. 2 (Feb. 2025) [open access]

Global Policy, vol. 16, no. S1 (Jan. 2025) [contents]
- Special issue on "Expanding Financial Environment for Refugees and Immigrants: Islamic Finance in Action." Six articles are open access.

"Occupational Downgrading, Job Tasks, and the Return Intentions of the Ukrainian Refugees in Poland," EconPol Forum, vol. 26, no. 1 (2025) [full-text]

"Refugee entrepreneurs: Typologies of emancipation and impact," International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, OnlineFirst, 30 Jan. 2025 [open access]
- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

"Syrian refugee and diaspora healthcare professionals: Case studies from the Eastern Mediterranean and European regions," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 11 (2025) [open access]

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