Ortlieb, Renate, Eggenhofer-Rehart, Petra, Leitner, Sandra, Hosner, Roland, Landesmann, Michael. 2020. Do Austrian Programmes Facilitate Labour Market Integration of Refugees? International Migration.
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This study examines two programmes aimed at integrating refugees into the Austrian labour market: a short-term Skills Assessment and a longer-term Integration Year that includes an internship and training. The theoretical framework draws on the concepts of social field and forms of capital proposed by Pierre Bourdieu. Using data from a large-scale refugee survey in early 2019, we find that Austria’ s short-term Skills Assessment fails to increase refugees’ employment chances. The Integration Year positively helps employment, but this outcome is limited to refugee women. We conclude that integration programmes only help if they provide refugees with both cultural and social capital. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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| Status of publication | Published |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | WU |
| Type of publication | Journal article |
| Journal | International Migration |
| Citation Index | SSCI |
| Language | English |
| Title | Do Austrian Programmes Facilitate Labour Market Integration of Refugees? |
| Year | 2020 |
| Reviewed? | Y |
| URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/imig.12784 |
| DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12784 |
| Open Access | Y |
| Open Access Link | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/imig.12784 |
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- People
- Eggenhofer-Rehart, Petra (Details)
- External
- Hosner, Roland (Deutsches Zentrum fur Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM), Germany)
- Landesmann, Michael (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Austria)
- Leitner, Sandra (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Austria)
- Ortlieb, Renate (Universität Graz, Austria)
- Organization
- Interdisciplinary Institute for Management and Organizational Behavior IN (Details)
- Research areas (ÖSTAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 5300 Economics (Details)
- 5502 Occupational-, industrial psychology (Details)