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Opportunities for Refugees in the German Labour Market: Results of a Corporate Survey

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  • Michele Battisti
  • Gabriel Felbermayr
  • Panu Poutvaara

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Most observers of the current refugee crisis agree that the integration of foreign immigrants will happen via the labour market. But what options do companies see? Which occupational areas offer real chances? What are the barriers to recruiting refugees? According to the results of a survey of around 3,000 companies conducted by the Ifo Institute in October 2015, 59% of companies see a good chance of them employing asylum-seekers, typically as labourers or trainees. Only 22% of companies believed that they were very likely to find skilled workers among the refugees. Legal issues like the minimum wage and bureaucracy are equally important barriers as a lack of linguistic skills or professional training.

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  • Michele Battisti & Gabriel Felbermayr & Panu Poutvaara, 2015. "Opportunities for Refugees in the German Labour Market: Results of a Corporate Survey," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(22), pages 22-25, November.
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    1. Michele Battisti & Gabriel Felbermayr, 2015. "Migrants in the German Labour Market: Wages, Unemployment, Employment Rates," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 68(20), pages 39-47, October.
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    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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