Language Training and Refugees’ Integration
利用断点回归设计评估丹麦1999年难民语言培训改革,发现培训显著且持久地提高了难民收入,并促进了继续教育和复杂岗位就业。
Abstract We evaluate a Danish reform focused on improving language training for those granted refugee status on or after January 1, 1999. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, we find a significant, permanent, positive effect on earnings. This effect emerged after completion of language classes and was accompanied by additional schooling and a higher probability of working in complex jobs, consistent with language training, rather than other minor aspects of the reform, producing the results.