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Title: How Are Refugees Faring? Integration at U.S. and State Levels
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Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: The analysis presented here compares the characteristics and integration outcomes of five large refugee groups (Burmese, Cubans, Iraqis, Russians, and Vietnamese) in four states that vary widely in the generosity of their public welfare programs and that are home to a sufficient number of refugees to permit the kind of disaggregation carried out in this report. The states are California, Florida, New York, and Texas. All told, the study groups in these states account for approximately one-third of the nation's 3 million refugees. The results of this analysis indicate that a lottery effect based on state placement may not be as pronounced as previously thought. A number of integration outcomes - including employment, rates of underemployment, and incomes - did not vary widely within refugee groups across states. These findings may point instead to the importance of refugees' resilience, the positive mediating effects of the wide network of nongovernmental organizations engaged in their resettlement, and the effects of the refugee program's "work-first" policy, among other factors.
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Authors: Fix, Michael; Hooper, Kate; Zong, Jie
Publisher: Transatlantic Council on Migration
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare
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