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SUBMITTER: Marbach M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6155022 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marbach Moritz M Hainmueller Jens J Hangartner Dominik D
Science advances 20180919 9
Many European countries impose employment bans that prevent asylum seekers from entering the local labor market for a certain waiting period upon arrival. We provide evidence on the long-term effects of these employment bans on the subsequent economic integration of refugees. We leverage a natural experiment in Germany, where a court ruling prompted a reduction in the length of the employment ban. We find that, 5 years after the waiting period was reduced, employment rates were about 20 percenta ...[more]