%0 Report
        %A Cole, Matthew A.
%A Jabbour, Liza
%A Ozgen, Ceren
%A Yumoto, Hiromi
        %T Refugees' Economic Integration and Firms
        %D 2024
        %8 2024 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 16828
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16828
        %X 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.
        %K refugees
%K firms
%K labor market performance
%K integration exam
%K Netherlands