23 April 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

*3 businesses that empower refugee success (IRC, April 2025) [text]

Immigrants and the Social Security death master file (Brookings, April 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related Washington Post article.

Immigration FAQ (Economic Policy Institute, April 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US. Addresses the economic aspects of both legal and unauthorized immigration, as well as immigration enforcement in the workplace.

The Potential Impact of IRS-ICE Data Sharing on Tax Compliance (BudgetLab Blog, April 2025) [text]
- Focuses on the US. See also related EPI report.

Refugee Entrepreneurship: A Path to Overcoming Employment Barriers and Ensuring Self-Reliance (Wilson Center, March 2025) [text]
- Highlights case examples in Malawi and Türkiye.

Reports: 

Cash and Small Business Groups for Ugandans and Refugees (Re:BUiLD Project, March 2025) [text via IRC]

Forced Displacement, Vulnerability, and Social Cohesion, LISER Policy Brief, no. 8 (Luxembourg Inst. of Socio-economic Research, April 2025) [text]

Going Beyond the Last Mile: Adaptation to Increase Refugee Adoption (SHARPE: Strengthening Host and Refugee Populations in Ethiopia Programme, Jan. 2025) [text via UNHCR]

High employment rates, but low wages: a poverty assessment of Ukrainian refugees in neighboring countries (Regional Refugee Response for the Ukraine Situation, March 2025) [access]

Immigrants, Housing Wealth, and Local Government Finances, Briefing Paper, no. 187 (CATO Institute, April 2025) [access]
- "In addition to the $1.7 trillion in directly paid property taxes as property owners, immigrants also generated $513 billion in taxes as renters and another $1.1 trillion through their positive effects on property values in their roles as consumers."

Refugee Finance Playbook: Approaches, Lessons, Toolkit from the ReFine Program (Mercy Corps, Feb. 2025) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Access to Livelihood Assets and Vulnerability to Lower Levels of Well-Being in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya," Economies, vol. 13, no. 4 (April 2025) [open access]

"Gender Gaps, Financial Inclusion and Social Integration in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya," Economies, vol. 13, no. 3 (March 2025) [open access]

"How Well Can the EU Labour Markets Absorb Refugee Immigrants?," Chapter in The Depth and Size of the European Union in a Time of War: Interdisciplinary European Studies (Springer, April 2025) [open access]

"Journeys and Junctions: Spillovers from Migration and Refugee Policies," Chapter 3 in World Economic Outlook: A Critical Juncture amid Policy Shifts (IMF, April 2025) [access]
- Scroll down to view chapter; also links to related data, online annexes and blog post.

"Remote work for the public administration of a country of origin under the EU Temporary Protection Directive," Studia Iuridica Toruniensia, vol. 34, no. 1 (Aug. 2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Ukrainians. See also related articles here and here.

"The Role of Formal and Informal Financing in Refugee Self-Employment: The Case of Urban Kenya," Economies, vol. 13, no. 3 (March 2025) [open access]

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