Tuesday, February 16, 2021
12:30pm – 2:00pm
via WebEx
The Trade & Development Seminar series highlights theoretical and/or empirical research on international and domestic trade, as well as the economic aspects of development.
Paper: “LANGUAGE TRAINING AND REFUGEES’ INTEGRATION”
Abstract: In this paper we evaluate the effects of a reform enacted in Denmark, which significantly increased language training for those who were recognized as refugees on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design we find a significant and permanent positive effect on earnings of the treated refugees. This effect accrued over time, together with an increase in schooling and in the probability of working in a communication-intensive job. We also find evidence of higher completion rates of lower secondary school and lower probability of juvenile crime for male children whose parents were both treated by the reform.
About the speaker:
Giovanni Peri is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is Editor of the “Journal of the European Economic Association” and in the Editorial Board of several Academic Journals in Economics. He is the Founder and Director of the UC Davis Global Migration Center an interdisciplinary research group focusing on international migrations.
His Research focuses on the impact of international migrations on labor markets and productivity of the receiving countries and on the determinants of international migrations. He has published in several academic journals including, among many others, the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, The Review of Economics and Statistics, the Economic Journal, the Journal of European Economic Association, the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Labor Economics.
His research has been featured in popular Blogs and in media outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, National Public Radio, the Economist Magazine. He has received several grants for the study of international migrations from foundations and international organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Russel Sage Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the World Bank, and the Volkswagen Foundation.
