Journal of Economic Literature
ISSN 0022-0515 (Print) | ISSN 2328-8175 (Online)
Refugees' Economic Integration
Journal of Economic Literature
(pp. 950–83)
Abstract
Refugees are international migrants escaping persecution and crises whose economic success in their countries of destination is threatened by lack of access to labor and credit markets, limited information on employment opportunities, and loss of human capital and assets. In this paper we review the economic literature that analyzes and evaluates interventions designed to address these hurdles and facilitate refugees' economic integration. We also draw important general lessons from a wide variety of these interventions and identify areas for further research.Citation
Bahar, Dany, Rebecca Brough, and Giovanni Peri. 2026. "Refugees' Economic Integration." Journal of Economic Literature 64 (3): 950–83. DOI: 10.1257/jel.20251774Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- K37 Immigration Law
- K38 Human Rights Law; Gender Law; Animal Rights Law
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification