Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Lang, Julia

doi:10.1007/s00148-021-00832-7

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“…Finally, one could also target the needs of unemployed immigrants and refugees within broader policy measures like active labor market programs, for instance. Evaluation studies have analysed specific measures like language training (Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen, 2016;Lang, 2022), facilitating contacts with potential employers (Battisti et al, 2019) or wage subsidies Clausen et al (2009) but also full integration programs (Dahlberg et al, 2022). They generally find positive e ects of active labor market programs on the labor market outcomes of immigrants.…”

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Citizenship and integration

Gathmann

Garbers

2023

Labour Economics

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Citizenship and integration

Gathmann

Garbers

2023

Labour Economics

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“…Government-led language training for immigrant workers with limited language proficiency in France has been shown to increase the labor force participation of beneficiaries, with larger impacts among more highly educated workers (Lochmann, Rapoport, and Speciale 2019). In Germany, a language training program targeted to unemployment migrants has also been shown to increase employment probability (Lang 2018).…”

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Skilled Migration: A Sign of Europe's Divide or Integration?

Bossavie¹,

Garrote-Sánchez²,

Makovec³

et al. 2022

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“…For instance, studies in Germany (Lang, 2022), France (Lochmann, Rapoport, and Speciale, 2019), and Finland (Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen, 2016) all suggest that language training programs have a positive effect on employment and/or earnings. Relatively few studies have assessed how language courses impact integration over the long run, but Arendt et al (2020) show that an increase in the intensity of language training in the Danish integration program led to increased employment and additional schooling.…”

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Do Integration Courses Promote Refugees’ Social and Political Integration? Evidence from Norway

Ferwerda¹,

Finseraas²

2022

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Many European countries have implemented mandatory integration courses for refugees and asylum seekers. While evaluations suggest that these programs can improve short-term economic outcomes, little is known about their effectiveness in promoting social and political integration over the long run. In this paper, we focus on the Norwegian Introductory Program, an intensive policy intervention which requires two years of full-time coursework. To identify the causal effect of the program, we leverage quasi-random variation in refugees' arrival dates during the roll-out period. Although we find positive effects on economic integration, we find that the program did not meaningfully influence social or political integration over the long run, as measured via annual administrative data on residential patterns, union membership, intermarriage, citizenship, and validated turnout in local and national elections. This conclusion is further supported by an analysis of the effect of the program on political and social attitudes. Our findings suggest that while introductory programs may improve refugees' economic situation, mandatory coursework is nevertheless ineffective at promoting integration across other domains.

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Employment effects of language training for unemployed immigrants

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Citizenship and integration

Citizenship and integration

Skilled Migration: A Sign of Europe's Divide or Integration?

Do Integration Courses Promote Refugees’ Social and Political Integration? Evidence from Norway

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