2023

Common Language and Integration of Interethnic Networks

Researchers:
  • Ari Anisfeld
  • Pepi Pandiloski
Location:
North Macedonia
Type:
  • Full project
There is a global policy shift toward home language instruction. Studying in the language students best understand can have positive effects on learning and human capital attainment. However, this might have unintended effects: students from different ethno...

Scol'ectiv Project - Engaging Teachers and Parents through Computer-Aided Learning: The Impact of a Personalised Application on Newly Arrived Allophone Students’ Learning, Integration, and Development

Researchers:
  • Flore Gubert
  • Alice Mesnard
  • Alexandre Touw
Location:
France
Type:
  • Pilot project
Language barriers often represent a significant obstacle to the integration of allophone children. They can prevent their socialisation with peers, lead to learning difficulties at school, and reduce parental involvement in children’s education. This pilot...

2021

Demand-side Interventions for Economic Integration of Refugees

Researchers:
  • David Rhys Bernard
  • Jasmin Fliegner
  • Jakob Hennig
Location:
Germany
Type:
  • Pilot project
This project’s objective is (i) to study the effectiveness of firm-side intermediation services aimed at reducing frictions in the process of hiring refugees, and (ii) to understand the effects on firms of integrating refugees into their workforce. Reducing...

A Data-Driven Approach to Refugee Integration

Researchers:
  • Nicholas Adams-Cohen
  • Kirk Bansak
  • Jeremy Ferwerda
  • Jens Hainmueller
  • Dominik Hangartner
  • Jeremy Weinstein
Location:
Netherlands
Type:
  • Full project
More than 270 million people today have left their home countries to seek a better life abroad. However, once they land in a new country, immigrants may face unemployment or end up in jobs that are a poor fit for their skills and work experience. These...

2020

Teachers at Work: Preventing Social Exclusion of Immigrants

Researchers:
Location:
Finland
Type:
  • Full project
This study aims to foster social acceptance of immigrant kids among native students and teachers, and to prevent social exclusion of minority groups. We will evaluate the impact of two innovative interventions, implemented in around 150 elementary schools in...

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