Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295851 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16828
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We explore whether a civic integration component dedicated to labor market training (the ONA) boosts refugees' economic outcomes and the quality of firms they work for. Using linked employer-employee administrative data from 2014 to 2021 for the Netherlands and Regression Discontinuity design we find that taking the ONA sped up the economic integration of refugees for 3 years in terms of increased employment probability, hours worked and higher hourly wages. We further show that taking the ONA results in refugees working for larger, less labor-intensive and less routine-task intensive firms and experiencing increased job stability. The ONA benefits male and female refugees and particularly those from Syria.
Subjects: 
refugees
firms
labor market performance
integration exam
Netherlands
JEL: 
J08
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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