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University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics

No 04-20: Employment Effects of Dispersal Policies on Refugee Immigrants: Empirical Evidence

Anna Piil Damm () and Michael Rosholm ()
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Anna Piil Damm: Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Postal: The Aarhus School of Business, Prismet, Silkeborgvej 2, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Michael Rosholm: Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Postal: Department of Economics, University of Aarhus, Building 326, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Abstract: Do dispersal policies on refugee immigrants promote their labour

market outcomes? To investigate this we estimate the effects of location

characteristics and the average effect of geographical mobility

on the hazard rate into first job of refugee immigrants subjected to

the Danish Dispersal Policy 1986-1998. We correct for selection into

relocation to another municipality by joint estimation of the duration

of the first non-employment spell and time until relocation.

We find, first, that the hazard rate into first job is decreasing in the

local population size and the local share of immigrants. These findings

support dispersal policies. Second, on average geographical mobility

had large, positive effects on the hazard rate into first job, suggesting

that restrictions on placed refugees’ subsequent out-migration would

hamper labour market integration of ref

Keywords: Dispersal Policies on Refugees; Employment Effects; Migration

JEL-codes: J15; J61; J64

69 pages, September 2, 2005

Note: Published as “Employment Effects of Spatial Dispersal of Refugees”, with M. Rosholm. Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8(1): 105-146

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