Language Training and Refugees' Integration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Foged, Mette; Hasager, Linea; Peri, Giovanni; Arendt, Jacob Nielsen; Bolvig, Iben
• 署名单位: University of Copenhagen; University of London; University College London; University of California System; University of California Davis
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01216
• 发表日期: 2024-07
• 页码: 1157-1166
• 关键词: immigrants; earnings; speaking

摘要

We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving language training for those granted refugee status on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, we find a significant, permanent, positive effect on earnings. This effect emerged after completion of language classes and was accompanied by additional schooling and a higher probability of working in complex jobs, consistent with language training, rather than other minor aspects of the reform, producing the results.