Projects

IN PROGRESS: Ongoing research agendas. Click a project to see what it is about and the related papers.

Refugee integration policy

How language training and active labour-market policies shape refugees' economic and social integration.

Language Training and Refugees' Integration
Review of Economics and Statistics · 2024
DOI →
Comparing the Effects of Policies for the Labor Market Integration of Refugees
Journal of Labor Economics · 2024
DOI →
Intergenerational Spillover Effects of Language Training for Refugees
Journal of Public Economics · 2023
DOI →
Access to Language Training and Local Integration of Refugees
Labour Economics · 2023
DOI →
Integrating Refugees by Addressing Labor Shortages? A Policy Evaluation
Research in Labor Economics (forthcoming)
NBER working paper →

The Ukrainian displacement crisis

Reception, accommodation, and well-being of Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Denmark after the 2022 invasion.

How Initial Accommodation Shapes Refugee Integration: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Ukrainian Displacement Crisis in Denmark
RFBerlin Working Paper · 2025
RFBerlin paper →
PTSD and Refugees' Underemployment: Evidence from Displaced Ukrainians
RFBerlin Working Paper · 2026
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Immigration and native labour markets

How immigration affects the wages, employment, and mobility of native workers, and the role of labour-market institutions.

Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2016
DOI →
The Role of Labor Market Institutions in the Impact of Immigration on Wages and Employment
Scandinavian Journal of Economics · 2022
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Immigration, neighbourhoods & identity

How neighbourhood policy, public rhetoric, and family decisions shape migrants' identity and outcomes.

Harsh Rhetoric and Cultural Identity: Backlash Effects of Denmark's Ghetto List
RFBerlin Working Paper · 2025
RFBerlin paper →
Family Migration and Relative Earnings Potentials
Labour Economics · 2016
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