Scientific article 28. JUL 2024
Language Training and Refugees' Integration
Authors:
- Mette Foged
- Linea Hasager
- Giovanni Peri
- Jacob Nielsen Arendt
- Iben Bolvig
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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.
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Review of Economics and Statistics