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Employer attitudes towards hiring university-educated refugees: evidence from Rwanda

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  • Thomas de Hoop
  • Andrea Coombes
  • Chinmaya Holla

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This paper examines the labour market conditions of refugees in Rwanda using a process evaluation and a survey with 244 employers. The process evaluation covers a tertiary education program, which offers a path to bachelor’s degree from a US University using a blended approach to instruction. Students highlighted the importance of the internship and employment components of this programme. Survey vignettes indicated that employers reported a 6% lower likelihood of hiring relatively well-educated refugees than to hire Rwandans with otherwise identical characteristics. This finding was driven by the 50% of the employers who found it more complex to hire refugees.

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  • Thomas de Hoop & Andrea Coombes & Chinmaya Holla, 2023. "Employer attitudes towards hiring university-educated refugees: evidence from Rwanda," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(3), pages 342-352, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevef:v:15:y:2023:i:3:p:342-352
    DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2154822
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