Refugees as Immigrants: Revelations of Labor Market Performace


 

Publication Date: June 1996

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Madeleine Tress

Research Area: Labor; Population and demographics

Keywords: Employment; Immigration; FSU

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The characteristics of today's labor market have a greater effect on the job market integration of refugees than their post-arrival behaviors and attitudes. Therefore, voluntary agencies must take a more proactive role in advocating government policies related to the labor market. In addition, many variables, such as age, gender, and language proficiency, influence their performance in the labor market.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.72 no.4, Summer 1996.