TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cole, Matthew A.
AU  - Jabbour, Liza
AU  - Ozgen, Ceren
AU  - Yumoto, Hiromi
        TI  - Refugees' Economic Integration and Firms
        PY  - 2024/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16828
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16828
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - refugees
KW  - firms
KW  - labor market performance
KW  - integration exam
KW  - Netherlands
        ER  -