Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics
No 04-20: Employment Effects of Dispersal Policies on Refugee Immigrants: Empirical Evidence
Anna Piil Damm () and Michael Rosholm ()
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Anna Piil Damm: Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Postal: The Aarhus School of Business, Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Michael Rosholm: Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Postal: Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Building 326, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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 ref
Keywords: Dispersal Policies on Refugees; Employment Effects; Migration
69 pages, September 2, 2005
Note: 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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