We conducted a field experiment to evaluate the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived refugees in Germany.

What impact will recently arrived refugees have on the labour markets of receiving European countries?

Policies have some potential to influence the process of social integration.

Such a work-permit scheme can be combined with investment in on-site training facilities in African partner countries, which would facilitate the transfer of skills to local labour markets.

Proper management of migration across the Mediterranean Sea requires close cooperation between the EU and African countries.

This paper aims to understand the drivers of immigrant integration at the local level: why are some areas more successful at integrating immigrants? To what extent can observable local economic and demographic characteristics, or the concentration...

The EU faces major challenges in asylum and migration policy: reorganize the EU asylum system, secure the external border, curb irregular immigration through cooperation with African governments, and support developing countries that host large...

Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration positively contributes to innovation in source countries and does not increase asymmetries in innovation levels between more and less advanced...

To understand why some areas are more successful in accommodating migration and promoting social cohesion within diverse communities than others, the project addressed the role and scope of migration policies at the local level in Belgian...

This field experiment evaluated the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived refugees in Germany.