The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration: Empirical Evidence from France

Lochmann, Alexia; Rapoport, Hillel; Speciale, Biagio

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3129275

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“…Under the US model, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is primarily responsible for referring refugees to the State Department's Bureau of Populations, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) for resettlement. PRM considers their eligibility and processes their application in collaboration with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (National Immigration Forum 2020). Once a refugee has been accepted for resettlement, PRM refers the case to one of nine national resettlement agencies, which in turn places the case at one of its local offices or affiliates (Kerwin and Nicholson 2021).…”

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Examining the Impact of Community Sponsorship on Early Refugee Labor Market Outcomes in the United States

Linn

2022

Journal on Migration and Human Security

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As the number of refugees in need of resettlement continues to climb worldwide, advocates and policy makers are searching for ways to leverage new support from private individuals, faith groups, and community organizations to complement and extend the capacity of traditional government resettlement programs. The United States is one of many countries considering the possibility of a “private sponsorship” model, which would allow private individuals and community groups to resettle refugees independent of traditional government resettlement agencies. While this particular resettlement model has not been implemented in the United States in more than four decades, the country has a long history of community involvement in refugee resettlement. Many resettlement agencies operate vibrant community sponsorship (or co-sponsorship) programs, 1 in which community groups partner with resettlement agencies in delivering services and material support to refugees. However, due to a lack of publicly available data, the impact of this co-sponsorship model has been woefully understudied. This paper offers a preliminary exploration of community sponsorship and its impact on early refugee labor market outcomes. Using administrative data from the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS), this paper finds that: Refugees with community sponsors have higher English language enrollment rates 90 days after arrival than refugees without sponsors. Refugees with community sponsors who are enrolled in an early employment program known as Matching Grant have higher rates of employment and of full-time employment 180 days after arrival than those enrolled in Matching Grant who do not have sponsors. Community sponsorship is especially beneficial for refugees with low levels of English language proficiency and lack of family ties in their location of resettlement, as well as refugees resettling in areas with higher unemployment. This paper also identifies and recommends several areas for further study, including: The variation of existing community sponsorship models in use across the United States and their impacts on refugee integration outcomes locally. The impact of community sponsorship on integration indicators, in addition to early labor market outcomes.

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Section: Background: Comparing Private Sponsorship In Canada and Comm...mentioning

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Examining the Impact of Community Sponsorship on Early Refugee Labor Market Outcomes in the United States

Linn

2022

Journal on Migration and Human Security

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“…Compared with exclusionary immigration policies, immigrant integration policies have been much less studied. Only a few studies have examined the crime and public safety outcomes of pro-immigrant climates and sanctuary policies (Lyons, Vélez, and Santoro 2013; Gonzalez, Collingwood, and El-khatib 2019; Martínez-Schuldt and Martínez 2019; Wong 2017) and the labor market outcomes of integration programs outside of the United States (Lochmann, Rapoport, and Speciale 2018; Sarvimaki and Hamalainen 2016). Some case study evidence shows that political and bureaucratic incorporation enables immigrants to advocate for their interests, organize coalitions, and push for policies responsive to their needs and demands (Jones-Correa 2008; Lewis and Ramakrishnan 2007).…”

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Do Local Immigrant-Welcoming Efforts Increase Immigration? The Detroit Experience

Huang

2021

Urban Affairs Review

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Immigration policymaking has been active at the local level in the United States over the past few decades. This study examines whether the economic development-oriented immigrant-welcoming efforts that started in 2010 in Detroit have increased the local immigrant population. It uses the synthetic control method to construct a comparison region that resembles Detroit in the preintervention periods to serve as a counterfactual. Empirical results reveal a statistically significant increase in the immigrant share of the population in the metropolitan area during the postintervention period of 2011–2014. The increase is robust to various sets of specifications and placebo tests. The share of high-skilled immigrants in the local population also increased during this time, albeit with a weak statistical significance. These findings point to the potential of immigrant-welcoming programs in attracting and retaining immigrants and immigrant talent.

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Digital Technologies Assisting Migrant Population Overcome Language Barriers: The Case of the EasyRights Research Project

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Koreman

Tolskaya³

et al. 2021

Learning and Collaboration Technologies: New Challenges and Learning Experiences

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The issue of migrant integration in host communities is of major importance, because its effectiveness can influence employment opportunities, social cohesion, and economic welfare, creating equal opportunities among citizens. One of the greatest challenges towards this goal is the limited knowledge of the language of the host community, which can create miscommunication and additional difficulties to migrants. Basic language training is important, but it is of little help when migrants are confronted with the language used in complex procedures that are required for their inclusion in the new country of residence. This paper, which is descriptive and explorative in nature, focuses on the targeted digital solutions offered by the EU-funded easyRights research project that can help migrants effectively communicate and receive guidance, in order to handle the demands of various inclusion-related procedures that may differ from one country to the other. One of the digital tools presented in the paper aims at facilitating familiarization with the required domain-specific vocabulary, while the second one intends to offer pronunciation training, including training for the domain-specific words, in order to equip migrants with the knowledge and skills they need to communicate effectively. The two digital tools, which could act synergistically, employ advanced technology and are part of a technological pathway, whose aim is to assist migrants exercise their rights in the process of their integration in a new country. Implications are also discussed.

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The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration: Empirical Evidence from France

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Examining the Impact of Community Sponsorship on Early Refugee Labor Market Outcomes in the United States

Examining the Impact of Community Sponsorship on Early Refugee Labor Market Outcomes in the United States

Do Local Immigrant-Welcoming Efforts Increase Immigration? The Detroit Experience

Digital Technologies Assisting Migrant Population Overcome Language Barriers: The Case of the EasyRights Research Project

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