Working Papers, Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus
No 04-20:
Employment Effects of Dispersal Policies on Refugee Immigrants: Empirical Evidence
Anna Piil Damm ()
and Michael Rosholm ()
Abstract: Do dispersal policies on refugee immigrants promote their
labour
market outcomes? To investigate this we estimate the effects of
location
characteristics and the average effect of geographical
mobility
on the hazard rate into first job of refugee immigrants
subjected to
the Danish Dispersal Policy 1986-1998. We correct for
selection into
relocation to another municipality by joint estimation
of the duration
of the first non-employment spell and time until
relocation.
We find, first, that the hazard rate into first job is
decreasing in the
local population size and the local share of
immigrants. These findings
support dispersal policies. Second, on
average geographical mobility
had large, positive effects on the hazard
rate into first job, suggesting
that restrictions on placed refugees’
subsequent out-migration would
hamper labour market integration of
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Keywords: Dispersal Policies on Refugees; Employment Effects; Migration; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J15; J61; J64; (follow links to similar papers)
69 pages, September 2, 2005
Published as “Employment Effects of Spatial Dispersal of Refugees”, with M. Rosholm. Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8(1): 105-146
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