TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Arendt, Jacob Nielsen
AU  - Bolvig, Iben
AU  - Foged, Mette
AU  - Hasager, Linea
AU  - Peri, Giovanni
        TI  - Language Training and Refugees' Integration
        PY  - 2021/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14145
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14145
        AB  - We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving Danish language training for those granted refugee status on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design we find a significant, permanent, positive effect on earnings. This effect emerged after completion of language classes and was accompanied by additional schooling and higher probability of working in communication-intensive jobs, suggesting that language training, rather than other minor aspects of the reform, produced it. We also find evidence of higher completion rates of lower secondary school and lower probability of crime for male children with both parents exposed to the reform.
        KW  - second generation
KW  - refugee integration
KW  - language skills
KW  - regression discontinuity
        ER  -