Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260819 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9689
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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: 
refugee integration
immigration policies
labor supply
employment
language
JEL: 
J22
J24
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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