The Labor Market Integration of Migrants in Europe: New Evidence from Micro Data

Download or read book The Labor Market Integration of Migrants in Europe: New Evidence from Micro Data written by Giang Ho and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates how successfully migrants integrate in 13 European countries by applying a unified framework to analyze a rich micro dataset with over ten million individuals surveyed between 1998 and 2016. Focusing on employment outcomes, we document substantial heterogeneity in the patterns of labor market integration across host countries and by migrant gender and origin. Our results also point to the importance of cohorts and network effects, initial labor market conditions, and the differential impact of education acquired domestically and abroad in determining migrants’ subsequent employment prospects. The analysis has implications for the design of effective integration policies.