Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265718 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15497
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Denmark has accepted refugees from a large variety of countries and for more than four decades. Denmark has also frequently changed policies and regulations concerning integration programs, transfer payments, and conditions for permanent residency. Such policy variation in conjunction with excellent administrative data provides an ideal laboratory to evaluate the effects of different immigration and integration policies on the outcomes of refugee immigrants. In this article, we first describe the Danish experience with refugee immigration over the past four decades. We then review different post-arrival refugee policies and summarize studies that evaluate their effects on the labor market performance of refugees. Lastly, we discuss and contrast these findings in the context of international studies of similar policies and draw conclusions for policy.
Subjects: 
employment
labor supply
immigration policies
refugee integration
language
JEL: 
J22
J24
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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