Pathways to Integration: The Effect of Apprenticeships in Understaffed Professions on Refugee Employment

Valentin Wett

No 4772, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers from Asociación Argentina de Economía Política

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of a targeted apprenticeship policy on the labor market integration of Afghan asylum seekers in Austria, using a fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design. The policy allows asylum seekers to engage in apprenticeships in understaffed professions during their asylum process. The analysis uncovers substantial effects, with participants being employed for an additional 935 days and earning €67,759 more over five years compared to non-participants. Additionally, the program significantly reduces welfare dependency, lowering welfare receipt in general by 26 months and reliance on Basic Subsistence Support by 27.5 months. There is no effect on the probability of remaining insured in Austria.

JEL-codes: F22 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2024-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mig
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://aaep.org.ar/works/works2024/4772.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aep:anales:4772

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers from Asociación Argentina de Economía Política Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Juan Manuel Quintero ().