Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312191 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 24-073
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
The labor market integration of asylum seekers remains a contested issue. Using the EU-Labor-Force-Survey, we characterize the state of asylum seekers' labor market integration in Europe, and provide representative statistics on several dimensions of integration. We compare asylum seekers to natives and economic migrants and find that asylum seekers struggle to integrate across European states, exhibiting employment rates of 10 percentage points lower than that of natives, on average, as well as a notable gap in job-quality. Analyzing self-reported barriers to employment, we document that asylum seekers' lower employment rates and job-quality are likely the result of institutional hurdles.
Subjects: 
asylum seekers
refugees
labor market integration
JEL: 
F22
K37
J11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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