On October 28, we have been very proud to welcome Prof. Tomasso Frattini in the framework of our lecture series about Cross-Border Labor Mobility.
Tommaso Frattini has presented evidence of the detrimental effects of temporary employment bans imposed on asylum seekers in many receiving countries. The exclusion from the labour market of perspective refugees has negative effects lasting up to 10 years post arrival, which are concentrated among less educated individuals.
The bans imposed on asylum seekers are proven to negatively affect labour market integration prospects and represent an economic loss. The employment restrictions involving those who arrived in Europe during the 2015 refugee crisis amount to an estimated EUR 37.6 billion output loss.
Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, Luigi Minale
“Lift the Ban? Initial Employment Restrictions and Refugee Labour Market Outcomes”
Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 19, Issue 5, October 2021, Pages 2803–2854
https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvab021
This lecture series is organized by the LISER and the University of Luxembourg, in the framework of the 2 FNR-funded projects: ACROSS and MINLAB.
Next lecture will feature Prof. Catia Batista on Nov. 18.
