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May
20
2022
9:00—11:00 AM EDT
May 16, 2022
The #LetThemWork Initiative Workshop has been organized as a platform to discuss and enhance the policy advocacy on possible public policy reviews to inform local action towards economic inclusion for refugees and forcibly displaced persons. The global private sector workshop will also create a plat...
Nov
2
2021
1:00—2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
October 26, 2021
What are the impacts of regularization on migrant’s lives? In a new paper, Sandra Rozo and co-authors examine the effects of the Permiso Especial de Permanencia (PEP) visa, an opportunity for regularization for half a million Venezuelan refugees in Colombia. The study finds that migrants with a PEP ...
Sep
15
2021
3:00—4:00 PM Washington DC time
August 30, 2021
How does migration affect reproductive preferences and behaviors? In a new paper, Caroline Theoharides and Susan Godlonton study the impact of exposure to reproductive health policies during temporary migration episodes on origin-country fertility behavior. The study examines temporary migration fro...
Jul
20
2021
3:00—4:00 PM Washington DC Time
July 05, 2021
What role do migrants play in the building of global networks and what factors impact their brokerage? In a new paper, Caroline Fry and Jeffrey Furman study the institutional contexts shaping the extent to which female migrants leverage their cross-border networks.
May
11
2021
9:00—10:30 AM Washington DC time
April 23, 2021
High-income countries around the world depend on immigration to help foster strong societies and economies. Yet when deciding who is allowed to enter, many high-income countries use a simple dichotomy based on educational attainment – “high” and “low” skilled.
Jan
19
2021
VIRTUAL
10:00—12:00 PM CEST
January 08, 2021
The youth population in Africa is booming, creating a large working-age group with the potential to contribute to labor markets around the world. African youth are nonetheless facing increased constraints in finding safe and regular pathways to countries of destination, a dynamic exacerbated by COVI...
Oct
9
2018
9:30—11:00 AM
September 25, 2018
Our previous research, Are Refugees Located Near Job Opportunities? reveals that there are as many as 2.1 million working-age refugees in major urban areas in developing countries. However, in most developing countries, refugees lack the right to work and own a business, and face a variety of other ...