@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16828,
            	author={Cole, Matthew A. and Jabbour, Liza and Ozgen, Ceren and Yumoto, Hiromi},
            	title={Refugees' Economic Integration and Firms},
            	year={2024},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16828},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16828},
	abstract={We explore whether a civic integration component dedicated to labor market training (the ONA) boosts refugees' economic outcomes and the quality of firms they work for. Using linked employer-employee administrative data from 2014 to 2021 for the Netherlands and Regression Discontinuity design we find that taking the ONA sped up the economic integration of refugees for 3 years in terms of increased employment probability, hours worked and higher hourly wages. We further show that taking the ONA results in refugees working for larger, less labor-intensive and less routine-task intensive firms and experiencing increased job stability. The ONA benefits male and female refugees and particularly those from Syria.},
	keywords={refugees;firms;labor market performance;integration exam;Netherlands},
            }