07 May 2025

Thematic Focus: Work/Economic Aspects

Short pieces:

From 180 to 30: A case for shortening the asylum EAD clock (Immigration Law Blog at PennState Law, April 2025) [text]
- EAD = Employment Authorization Document. Focuses on the US.

Refugee Self-Reliance through Economic Inclusion and Social Protection (ICVA Blog, April 2025) [text]

Skilled migrants are leaving the U.S. for Canada — how can the north gain from the brain drain? (The Conversation, April 2025) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Breaking Barriers via Refugees: Cultural Transmission and Women’s Economic Empowerment, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 17871 (Institute of Labor Economics, April 2025) [text]
- Uses "the forced migration of ethnic Turks from Bulgaria to Türkiye after the fall of the Iron Curtain as a natural experiment."

Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme, BASIC Research Working Paper, no. 37 (Institute of Development Studies, May 2025) [text]

Fast-Tracked Jobs Help Asylum Seekers Integrate Faster, Working Paper, no. 11844 (CESifo, 2025) [text]
- Focuses on Italy.

Forced Displacement Literature Review: March 2025 (Joint Data Center, 2025) [text
- Focuses on "Self-Reliance and Jobs."

Host Environments and Welfare of In-Camp Refugees: Evidence from Ethiopia, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 11108 (World Bank, April 2025) [text]

Linking, Bonding, Bridging: The role of social capital in facilitating access to livelihoods among refugees in Gulu city, Uganda, Refugee-led Research Working Paper, no. 6 (Refugee-led Research Hub, Feb. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Refugee mobility and livelihoods in Uganda, RSC Research in Brief, no. 21 (Refugee Studies Centre, April 2025) [text]

"The strength of small business: small business grant programme survival rates and network effects in Syria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 10:8 (April 2025) [open access]

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