Forum: Integration of immigrants in European labour markets

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Intereconomics publishes papers dealing with economic and social policy issues in or affecting Europe. The journal consists of the sections Editorial, Forum, Articles, and Letter from America.

The Editorial contains brief comments on current questions of economic policy.

In the Forum, several authors (researchers, politicians, representatives of trade unions and of employers associations, etc.) voice their opinions on one particular current economic policy problem.

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Intereconomics has an editorial process which allows it to quickly publish timely papers while they can still inform and influence policy makers. The editorial board of Intereconomics works in close cooperation with the editorial board of its sister publication Wirtschaftsdienst – Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, which is published in German.The European refugee crisis of 2015 has led to a renewed surge of research into how to integrate refugees – as well as family and labour migrants – into European societies and in particular into EU labour markets. The papers in this Forum examine previous research on immigrant integration and update it with fresh data and new insights. Why do immigrants integrate better in some countries than others? Which skills have proven to be most essential for their successful integration, and what tools are available to countries to foster this integration?

This Forum combines studies of the labour market integration programmes and methods used in specific countries – including a "best practice" review of the Canadian immigrant integration system – with a review of social integration measures and an analysis of Bosnian refugee integration efforts from the 1990s. While the labour market integration of immigrants will likely always remain a difficult task, the authors in this Forum hope to contribute to improving this process and consequently enriching both host countries' economies and immigrants' lives.

Articles in this Forum:

+ Integration of refugees: lessons from Bosnians in five EU countries - Mikkel Barslund et al.

+ Large-scale immigration and labour market integration: first lessons from the recent past in Germany - Yuliya Kosyakova and Steffen Sirries

+ The labour market participation of humanitarian migrants in Sweden: an overview - Pieter Bevelander and Nahikari Irastorza

+ Canada’s immigration system: lessons for Europe? - Arthur Sweetman

+ The social integration of immigrants and the role of policy: a literature review - Nadzeya Laurentsyeva and Alessandra Venturini

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SpringerLink: Intereconomics http://link.springer.com/journal/10272

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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