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Labor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland

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dc.contributor.authorMüller, Tobias
dc.contributor.authorPannatier, Pia
dc.contributor.authorViarengo, Martina
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-03T14:57:17Z
dc.date.available2022-02-03T14:57:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines the patterns of economic integration of refugees in Switzerland, a country with a long tradition of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a prominent example of a multicultural society. It relies on a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of administrative records and social security data for the universe of refugees in Switzerland over 1998–2018. This data is used to reconstruct the individual-level trajectories of refugees and to follow them since arrival over the life-cycle. The study documents the patterns of labor-market integration, and highlights the heterogeneity by gender and age at arrival. Refugees’ labor-market performance is compared to natives’ and other groups of migrants’ labor-market performance. The empirical analysis exploits the government dispersal policy in place since 1998, which consists of the random allocation of refugees across cantons, to identify the causal effects of the local initial conditions. The study finds that higher unemployment rates at arrival slow down the integration process, whereas the existence of a co-ethnic network does not consistently lead to a faster integration. It is shown that in locations where refugees face relatively more hostile attitudes by natives upon arrival, they integrate at a faster pace, probably due to a greater effort undertaken in environments that are more hostile. Together these results, highlight the importance of an early entry in the labor market of the host country, and the need to take a longer run perspective when examining the effectiveness of policies, as the effects may vary over time and different complementary interventions may be needed in the short vs. long-run.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/744751643249598650/Labor-Market-Integration-Local-Conditions-and-Inequalities-Evidence-from-Refugees-in-Switzerland
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9914
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36915
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9914
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET INTEGRATION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectMIGRANT LABOR
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.titleLabor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalitiesen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Refugees in Switzerlanden
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleLabor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland
okr.date.disclosure2022-01-27
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:10:27.948622Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-01-26T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/744751643249598650/Labor-Market-Integration-Local-Conditions-and-Inequalities-Evidence-from-Refugees-in-Switzerland
okr.guid744751643249598650
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9914
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b088cae0b2_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33714455
okr.identifier.reportWPS9914
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/744751643249598650/pdf/Labor-Market-Integration-Local-Conditions-and-Inequalities-Evidence-from-Refugees-in-Switzerland.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.countrySwitzerland
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Migration
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Cohesion
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitSocial Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice (SSIGL)
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