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Workplace Factors Associated with Employment of Refugees – Evidence from a Survey Among Danish Employers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2022

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Rasmus Lind Ravn*
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Centre for Labour Market Research, Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. Email: Rr@dps.aau.dk
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Abstract

Labour market participation by refugees in their new host country is crucial both to the integration process and in terms of reducing public spending on income replacement benefits for refugees. In this article, we explore workplace factors associated with employment of refugees. For this purpose, we use a survey of Danish employers, in light of the fact that with some notable exceptions, the employer role has been somewhat neglected in existing research on labour market integration of refugees. We find that many different workplace factors are associated with employment of refugees. In addition to objective workplace characteristics, existing social responsibility practice, contacts by public employment services and the attitudes and preconceptions of employers towards refugees are of importance.

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EmployersworkplacesemploymentrefugeesCSR
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Social Policy and Society , First View , pp. 1 - 17
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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