The project culminated with a final joint conference: “Forced Displacement, Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Economics Aspects and Policy Issues” at Queen Mary University of London. More information about the conference here.
Principal InvestigatorCarlos Vargas-Silva
Other researchers
Isabel Ruiz
Zovanga Kone
FunderNuffield Foundation
Duration2017 - 2019
Advisory BoardTheresa Beltramo (UNHCR), Marta Foresti (ODI), Peter Grady (UNHCR), Tim Hatton (University of Essex), Roy Millard (SESMP), Jackie Wahba (University of Southampton), Maurice Wren (Refugee Council) and Roger Zetter (University of Oxford).
Project Publications
"Self-employment and reason for migration: Are those who migrate for asylum different from other migrants?" (Z. Kone, I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva), Small Business Economics, 2020.
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"Refugees and the UK Labour Market" (Z. Kone, I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva), Final Project Report,
Download"Reason for immigration and immigrants' health" (O. Giuntella, Z. Kone, I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva)
Public Health, 158: 102-109.
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"Differences in labour market outcomes between natives, refugees and other migrants in the UK" (I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva),
Journal of Economic Geography, 18(4): 855-885, 2018.
Download"Are refugees' labour market outcomes different from those of other migrants? Evidence from the United Kingdom 2005-2007" (I. Ruiz and C. Vargas-Silva),
Population Space and Place, 23(6), 2017.
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