Labor market integration of asylum seekers in Europe: Recent trends and barriers

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URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-688578
Document Type:	Working paper
Year of publication:	2024
The title of a journal, publication series:	ZEW Discussion Papers
Volume:	24-073
Place of publication:	Mannheim
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Sonstige Einrichtungen > ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung Business School > Sonstige - Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
MADOC publication series:	Veröffentlichungen des ZEW (Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung) > ZEW Discussion Papers
Subject:	330 Economics
Classification:	JEL: F22 , K37 , J11,
Keywords (English):	asylum seekers , refugees , labor market integration
Abstract:	The labor market integration of asylum seekers remains a contested issue. Using the EU-Labor-Force-Survey, we characterize the state of asylum seekers’ labor market integration in Europe, and provide representative statistics on several dimensions of integration. We compare asylum seekers to natives and economic migrants and find that asylum seekers struggle to integrate across European states, exhibiting employment rates of 10 percentage points lower than that of natives, on average, as well as a notable gap in job-quality. Analyzing self-reported barriers to employment, we document that asylum seekers’ lower employment rates and job-quality are likely the result of institutional hurdles.

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BASE: Lange, Martin ; McNamara, Sarah ; Schmidt, Philipp

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