Integration policies (legal, political, socio-economic, cultural) and access to services

Results displayed in this section refer to research on policies, laws, legislation, regulation or measures concerning integration. There is no consensus on a single definition for integration. This category includes the different aspects linked to the social inclusion and the integration of migrants (any category of migrant, i.e. immigrant, asylum seeker, refugee) into the host society. It includes the following dimensions: legal, political, socio-economic, cultural, religious, linguistic, civic. For example, political rights, voting rights and rights to access welfare, social benefits, health and social care are included. In addition, access to education, labour market and employment and other citizens’ rights are part of this category. Results displayed under this category also include synonymous terms such as acculturation and assimilation and other types of policies such as multiculturalism. 

Showing page of 3474 results, sorted by

Is there really a retreat from multiculturalism policies? New evidence from the multiculturalism policy index

Authors Keith Banting, Will Kymlicka
Year 2013
Journal Name COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN POLITICS
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
1 Journal Article

Should Interculturalism Replace Multiculturalism? A Plea for Complementariness

Authors Francois Levrau, Patrick Loobuyck
Year 2013
Journal Name ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Citations (WoS) 2
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
2 Journal Article

Managing superdiversity : examining the intercultural policy turn in Europe

Authors Leila HADJ-ABDOU, Andrew GEDDES
Year 2017
Journal Name [Migration Policy Centre]
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
3 Journal Article

Intercultural policy and multi-level governance in Barcelona: mainstreaming comprehensive approach

Authors Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Year 2017
Journal Name International Review of Administrative Sciences
Citations (WoS) 3
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
4 Journal Article

Multicultural Policy Index

Description
The Multiculturalism Policy Index assesses the government commitment to the multicultural accommodation of newcomers. It is designed to monitor the evolution of multicultural policies across 21 Western countries. The Multiculturalism Policy Index is distinctive in focusing exclusively on multicultural policies designed to recognize, accommodate and support the cultural differences of minority groups. To capture change over time, the Index provides all three indices at three points in time: 1980, 2000 and 2010. Multicultural Policy Index is based on eight indicators: (i) constitutional, legislative or parliamentary affirmation of multiculturalism, at the central and/or regional and municipal levels; (ii) the adoption of multiculturalism in school curriculum; (iii) the inclusion of ethnic representation/sensitivity in the mandate of public media or media licensing; (iv) exemptions from dress codes, either by statute or by court cases; (v) allowing of dual citizenship; (vi) the funding of ethnic group organizations to support cultural activities; (vii) the funding of bilingual education or mother-tongue instruction; (viii) affirmative action for disadvantaged immigrant groups On each indicator, countries are scored as 0 (no such policy), 0.5 (partial) or 1.0 (clear policy). The scores are then aggregated, with equal weighting for each area (‘recognition’ (Indicators 1–3), ‘accommodation’(Indicators 4–5) and ‘support’ (Indicators 6–8), and producing a country score ranging from 0 to 8.
Year 2011
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
6 Data Set

Trade-Offs between Equality and Difference: Immigrant Integration, Multiculturalism and the Welfare State in Cross-National Perspective

Principal investigator Ruud Koopmans (Principal Investigator)
Description
"Theoretical background and objectives This project explores how policies regarding immigrant rights and welfare state regimes have affected the socio-economic integration of immigrants. Most of the literature on immigrant integration assumes that the granting of easy access of immigrants to citizenship rights and government recognition and support for cultural diversity promote the socio-economic integration of immigrants. At the same time, existing work (e.g., Borjas, van Tubergen) has shown that immigrants with low human capital resources tend to migrate preferably to countries with equal income distributions and extensive social security protection. This raises the question whether immigrant integration policies that grant easy access to citizenship rights, and thus also full access to welfare state rights, might have the unintended consequence that they produce a high rate of dependence of immigrants on welfare state arrangements and attendant socio-economic marginalisation in other domains. If integration policies in addition do not demand cultural assimilation (e.g., in the domain of language) the risk of lower-skilled immigrants to become dependent on welfare benefits may further increase. This hypothesis of an interaction effect between integration policies and welfare state regimes is confronted with cross-national data on labour market participation, residential segregation, and imprisonment of immigrants. Where possible, these comparisons are controlled for cross-national differences in the composition of immigrant populations by drawing on comparative data for particular ethnic groups. The analysis includes eight West European countries that have turned into immigration countries at roughly the same time in the 1960s and early 1970s, where institutions have therefore had several decades to affect integration outcomes. They vary both strongly regarding integration policies (including the highest, Sweden, and the second lowest scoring country, Austria, in the 2007 Migrant Integration Policy Index) and regarding welfare state regimes (with Sweden and the United Kingdom at the extremes). Research design, data and methodology The study relies on various indicators of immigrant rights, prevalent typologies and indicators of welfare state regimes, and data from the European Labour Force Survey, International Prison Statistics, as well as results from a large number of previous studies on immigrants' labour market participation, residential segregation and imprisonment. To control for composition effects, the labour market data refer to immigrants from non-EU countries, and for specific country contrasts specific ethnic groups (Turks and ex-Yugoslavs). Residential segregation data refer to a few dozen European cities, partly referring to specific ethnic groups (e.g., Turks, Maghrebians, Caribbeans, Pakistani) and partly to more general categories (Muslims, foreigners, immigrants). Findings Across the three domains of socio-economic integration a consistent cross-national patterns is found (with the exception of residential segregation in the United Kingdom) in which the gap or the degree of segregation between immigrants and the native population is largest in the countries that combine easy access to citizenship rights and a large degree of accommodation of cultural differences with a relatively encompassing and generous welfare state (Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium). Both the United Kingdom, which combines inclusive integration policies with low welfare state provision levels, and the three Germanophone countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), which combine restrictive policies with – at least in the German and Austrian cases – moderately strong welfare states, show relatively small gaps between immigrants and natives. These findings are confirmed for contrast comparisons for specific ethnic groups. For instance, compared to the native population, Turks in the Netherlands have much lower rates of labour market participation than German Turks, and similarly ex-Yugoslavs in Austria perform much better than those in Sweden. Because the results are mostly based on aggregate data – although some of the studies that are used do control for individual-level variables – they need to be further tested by taking individual and local context data more systematically into account. This will be one of the aims of the analyses in the context of project 6.3 further below."
Year 2009
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
7 Project

Governing Integration Policies in a Multi-Level Setting: Austria and Czechia Compared

Authors Anna Lukešová
Year 2024
Journal Name Central and Eastern European Migration Review
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
8 Journal Article

Razvoj integracijskih programov za priseljence v Sloveniji

Authors Mojca Medvešek, Romana Bešter, Janez Pirc
Year 2020
Book Title Diversity in ethnicity research: selected perspectives II
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
9 Book Chapter

European Immigrant Integration After Multiculturalism

Authors Christian Joppke
Book Title Global Migration Issues
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
10 Book Chapter

Transformation of Sociocultural Integration Policy and Inherent Political Theories in the United Kingdom: A Way Forward

Authors Samiul Parvez Ahmed, Sarwar Uddin Ahmed, Ikramul Hasan
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 2
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
11 Journal Article

Socio-economic integration of Iranian immigrants in contemporary Turkey

Authors Maryam Ekhtiari, Mehmet Fatih Aysan
Year 2023
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
12 Journal Article

From a Migrant Integration of Distinction to a Multiculturalism of Inclusion

Authors In-Jin Yoon
Book Title Global Migration Issues
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
13 Book Chapter

Między multikulturalizmem a asymilacją? Polityki integracyjne w Europie

Year 2008
Book Title Problems of immigrants’ integration. Concepts, research, politics
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
14 Book Chapter

Host Culture Adoption and Ethnic Retention among Turkish Immigrants and their Descendants in France, Germany, and the Netherlands

Principal investigator Ruud Koopmans (Principal Investigator)
Description
"Theoretical background and objectives The project contributes to societal and scientific debate by examining the relationship between integration policies and the socio-cultural integration of immigrants in three European countries that have pursued contrasting integration policies: France, Germany and the Netherlands. Socio-cultural integration is treated as a two-dimensional concept consisting of the degree of host culture adoption and the degree of ethnic retention. Following Berry (1997) these two dimensions are seen as – at least potentially – independent. Both dimensions are measured on the basis of four indicators. The degree of host culture adoption is measured as identification with the host country, host country language proficiency, host country language usage and social contacts with natives. The degree of ethnic retention is measured as identification with Turks, Turkish language proficiency, identification with Muslims and the observance of Islamic religious rules (halal diet, participation in Ramadan, mosque visits and headscarf wearing). The project tests several theories of immigrant assimilation in a cross-national perspective: theories em­phasis­ing material costs and benefits of retention and adoption, which claim that assimilation pressures will lead to adoption of the host culture and multicultural policies will promote ethnic retention; acculturative stress theories that pose that adoption is less likely to occur if it is seen as requiring the rejection of the culture of origin; and reactive ethnicity theories, which assume that immigrants withdraw in their ethnic cultures if they face assimilation pressures. In addition, the project pays special attention to naturalisation policies: Based on the widespread assumption that easily accessible citizenship promotes socio-cultural integration, two hypotheses are tested. First, whether naturalised immigrants display higher levels of socio-cultural integration than non-naturalised immigrants. Second, whether immigrants in countries with few preconditions for naturalisation show higher levels of socio-cultural integration. Research design, data and methodology Most previous comparative studies have not been able to control sufficiently for compositional effects related to the timing of immigration and the national and regional composition of immigrant populations. By choosing a quasi-experimental design, the project sought to eliminate such composition effects as far as possible. Therefore, original data were collected based on a telephone survey in the three countries that targeted a selected group of Turkish immigrants and their direct offspring originating in two rural regions of Turkey, who migrated before 1975. Thus, the sample (n = 1 000) excludes all follow-up migration of Turkish refugees and marriage migrants, which occurred to varying degrees in the three countries, and ensures that we are comparing similar immigrants in the three countries, and not predominantly urban Turkish guest workers from Istanbul in one country to Kurdish refugees in another country. All respondents had the option to answer the questionnaire either in Turkish or in their host-country language. The survey data were analysed using multivariate regression techniques, and took into account a range of individual-level control variables as well as the local density of the Turkish immigrant population. The quantitative findings were corroborated and refined with almost 90 additional in-depth interviews. Findings Results show that ethnic retention is strongest in the Netherlands, where multicultural policies were long prevalent, while host culture adoption is strongest in the French context, which has more strongly emphasised assimilation, at least where participation in the public realm is concerned. On the individual level, there is a negative relationship between ethnic retention and host culture adoption, which persists after controlling for relevant background variables. Naturalisation is positively associated with socio-cultural integration only in those countries—France and Germany—that have traditionally required a certain degree of cultural assimilation from their new citizens. Regarding country differences, the analyses reveal that Turkish immigrants in France show higher levels of host culture adoption on all four indicators. For host-country identification, they share this position with Dutch Turks. Taken together, these results provide no support for reactive ethnicity theories, as ethnic retention was strongest in the Netherlands, where citizenship policies have been most inclusive. They do provide support for a combination of material cost/benefit perspectives and acculturative stress perspectives, as neither a lack of incentives for adoption of the host culture (as was long the case in the Netherlands) nor very restrictive citizenship policies that promote an ethnically thick conception of citizenship (as long prevalent in Germany) have been successful in seducing immigrants to adopt the host culture. The results show that limited cultural assimilation conditions tied to an otherwise inclusive notion of citizenship (as in France) may be more helpful in promoting socio-cultural integration, but they also demonstrate that the allowance of dual nationality does not have the negative effects that are sometimes ascribed to it."
Year 2004
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
15 Project

How Does the Majority Public React to Multiculturalist Policies? A Comparative Analysis of European Countries

Authors Marc Hooghe, Thomas de Vroome
Year 2015
Journal Name American Behavioral Scientist
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
17 Journal Article

Civic Integration Policies in Central Europe: The Case of the Czech Republic

Authors Anna Simbartlová
Year 2019
Journal Name Der Donauraum
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
18 Journal Article

Influence of an Intercultural Factor on the Formation of Sociocultural Capital of a Polyethnic City

Authors Iryna Bukrieieva, Liudmyla Afanasieva
Year 2020
Citations (WoS) 2
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
19 Journal Article

Superdiversity, multiculturalism and local policies: a study on European cities

Authors Maurizio Ambrosini
Year 2017
Journal Name Policy & Politics
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
20 Journal Article

Welfare Attitudes Towards Anti-poverty Policies in China: Economical Individualism, Social Collectivism and Institutional Differences

Authors Qiu Cheng, Kinglun Ngok
Year 2020
Journal Name SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
Citations (WoS) 12
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
21 Journal Article

Comparing Radical Right Parties in Government: Immigration and Integration Policies in Nine Countries (1996-2010)

Authors Tjitske Akkerman
Year 2012
Journal Name WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
22 Journal Article

The Concept of Integration as an Analytical Tool and as a Policy Concept

Authors Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas, Rinus Penninx
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
23 Book Chapter

The Ghost in the Machine: An Overview and Analysis of British Multiculturalism

Authors KArolina Czerska-Shaw
Year 2017
Journal Name Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
25 Journal Article

Origin and destination attachment: study of cultural integration on Twitter

Authors Jisu Kim, Alina Sirbu, Fosca Giannotti, ...
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 6
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
26 Journal Article

Integration policy : Netherlands country report

Authors Fenya FISCHLER
Description
This paper describes the policy framework regarding the integration of migrants in the Netherlands. The Dutch government has not enacted a specific integration policy but instead has a strategic focus on participation and social diversity in general, with a particular focus on the importance of shared core national values in the integration of migrants. Two particular policy tools are discussed, starting with the compulsory civic integration system, which includes language and cultural elements and is compulsory. Civic integration tests are arranged in the countries of origin and since 2013, migrants have been required to cover the costs of their own courses and examinations. Second, the so-called “participation agreements” are described and discussed, which, in line with the Dutch emphasis on shared national values, aim to enforce acceptance of particular fundamental norms of Dutch society on newcomers. Finally, the report concludes with a brief discussion of the role of domestic organisations in supporting migrants, followed by a succinct overview of the current popular debates concerning migration in the Netherlands.
Year 2014
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
27 Report

European Cities in Search of Knowledge for Their Integration Policies

Authors Rinus Penninx
Book Title Integrating Immigrants in Europe
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
28 Book Chapter

Is Czechia an immigration country? Evidence from civic integration policies

Authors Anna Lukešová
Year 2023
Journal Name Problemy Polityki Społecznej Studia i Dyskusje
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
29 Journal Article

SOCIO-POLITICAL YOUTH MASCULINTIES IN MULTICULTURALISM

Authors Maria Luisa Quintero Soto, Jorge Hernandez Valdes, Cruz Garcia Lirios
Year 2018
Journal Name REVISTA INCLUSIONES
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
30 Journal Article

Integration Policies in Spain and Sweden: Do They Matter for Migrants' Economic Integration and Socio-Cultural Participation?

Authors Eleftherios Giovanis, Sacit Hadi Akdede
Year 2021
Journal Name SAGE OPEN
Citations (WoS) 6
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
31 Journal Article

The Impact of Integration Policies on Immigrant Outcomes: Cross-country Evidence from EU

Description
The proposed research will study the impact of different integration policies in European context. The labor market outcomes of the first generation immigrants, the educational outcomes of the second generation and intergenerational mobility will be explored. The cross country variation in labor market outcomes of first generation immigrants is determined by two factors: (1) selection of immigrants that determines the set of observed and unobserved characteristics that immigrants bring to a host country, (2) integration that determines how a given set of characteristics are valued in the host country. This study is going to identify the impact of integration independent of selection effects using a natural experiment. This natural experiment is the mass recruitment of Turkish workers by European countries during 1960s and 1970s that dispersed individuals with similar characteristics across various countries. The second part of the project will provide evidence on the educational outcomes of second generation immigrants from the same source country. Using an internationally comparable data set of 15-year-old students the study will focus on the immigrant students’ performance in mathematics, reading, science and problem-solving skills and provide evidence on the cross country variation in their outcomes. Using the data on educational attainment of parents intergenerational linkages will be explored to assess the extent of upward mobility in these countries. Thus, this study will be exploring integration with a multi generational perspective and highlighting differences in outcomes across host countries for individuals with similar backgrounds. These results will inform the discussions about the best practices for integration both at EU and national levels.
Year 2010
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
32 Project

Examining 'Postmulticultural' and Civic Turns in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany, and Denmark

Authors Nasar Meer, Per Mouritsen, Daniel Faas, ...
Year 2015
Journal Name American Behavioral Scientist
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
33 Journal Article

Superdiversity and the Everyday

Authors Amanda Wise
Year 2022
Book Title The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
34 Book Chapter

Interculturalism or multiculturalism?

Authors Charles Taylor
Year 2012
Journal Name Philosophy & Social Criticism
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
35 Journal Article

Model of Civic Integration of Immigrants in Europe: Case of Austria and the Czech Republic

Principal investigator Anna Lukešová (Principal Investigator)
Description
Civic integration represents a modern phenomenon in the field of integration of immigrants in Europe. Until the end of the 20th century, integration policies in Europe were perceived from the point of view of national models characteristic for particular countries. However, at the turn of the century, a new approach to integration policies, which is referred to as civic integration, emerged. It is used by countries whose traditional approaches to immigrant integration have varied considerably. And, as this work points out, the model is further extending to Central European countries, which are tackling with some degree of immigration as well. The research aims at studying the implementation of the civic integration model in Central Europe, on the example of Austria and the Czech Republic. It will focus on issues of multilevel governance in the field of civic integration in the countries concerned, with an emphasis on the role of local governments in the process of policy making and implementation, and their comparison. The research will use documentary analysis as well as semi-structured interviews and participant observation of integration activities themselves. The outputs of the project are to contribute to the widening of knowledge about the use of civic integration measures in countries that are not sufficiently covered in the scientific debate. The results of the research will also be used in the dissertation work of the principal researcher.
Year 2019
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
36 Project

CIVIX - Civic Integration

Description
The civic integration policy index (CIVIX) addresses civic integration requirements in EU-15. It analyses three target civic knowledge areas (country knowledge, language and values) for entry, settlement and citizenship acquisition. The scale of the CIVIX is 0 to 6: a high score indicates ‘thick’ citizenship content. A low score represents ‘thin’ citizenship content, with minimal or easy content requirements for obtaining status. The coding of requirements takes into account four distinct dimensions: the category of third-country nationals accountable, specifically family unification; whether civic conditions are required for entry, settlement or citizenship; the number of requirements across the civic targets of country knowledge, language and values, including integration courses, tests, contracts, oath ceremonies and interviews; and, finally, the severity of requirements along the path to citizenship (for example, a ‘high’ level of language proficiency or cost). This dimension is also reflected in point valuation, where more points are assigned to language and knowledge requirements at the settlement stage than at naturalisation, where a longer period of residency engenders greater linguistic and knowledge competence. In order to understand the ‘depth’ of current citizenship content and the degree of policy change over time, values were assigned for each of the 17 countries in 1997 and 2009 respectively.
Year 2009
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
37 Data Set

A Comparison of Migrant Integration Policies via Mixture of Matrix-Normals

Authors Leonardo Salvatore Alaimo, Francesco Amato, Filomena Maggino, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
Citations (WoS) 1
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
38 Journal Article

Integration of migrant women in the EU and Norway: Policies and measures

Authors European Migration Network (EMN)
Description
This EMN study documents if and to what extent EU Member States consider the distinct situation of migrant women in their integration policies and measures. This study focuses on the integration of migrant women in the main sectorial areas covered by the EU Action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 including education and training, employment and skills, health and housing as these are considered by the Action Plan as the basis for societal integration. In this study the term ‘integration’ is used in a broad sense to encompass integration and inclusion policies and measures addressing migrant women. Integration policies refer to targeted integration strategies and action plans but also broader policy instruments relevant to the integration of migrant women such as sector specific governmental programmes (health, education, employment, housing, etc.). Measures include systematic initiatives (multi-year / long term), projects (ad-hoc) and legislative (structural) measures that are used to implement the integration policies (including those funded by government but implemented by NGOs on behalf of the government). A majority of EU Member States have integration policies in place, however, only a few specifically address women in their national integration policies. Responsibility for integration policies is shared between national, regional and local levels in the majority of EU Member States. Labour market integration of migrant women is one of the main topics of debate across EU Member States. Other challenges raised included discrimination, a lack of social networks, limited access to childcare and other family constraints. Member States overall acknowledged the need for specific policies relevant for integration tailored to migrant women. Most EU Member States have developed dedicated policies that address the integration of migrant women mainly in relation to accessing the labour market and civic integration, followed by language training, education and health. The majority of Member States did not develop specific integration policies, or adapt existing ones, to reduce the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant women. However, several Member States were planning new policies or changes to existing ones to further enhance the integration of migrant women, including to address the impact of COVID-19.
Year 2022
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
39 Report

Recognizing the complexity beyond traditional multiculturalism

Authors Dirk Geldof
Year 2021
Journal Name Migration und Soziale Arbeit
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
41 Journal Article

Civic Integration Policies in Central Europe: The Case of the Czech Republic

Authors Anna Simbartlová
Year 2019
Journal Name Der Donauraum
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
43 Journal Article

Dutch ‘Multiculturalism’ Beyond the Pillarisation Myth

Authors Maarten P. Vink
Year 2007
Journal Name Political Studies Review
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
44 Journal Article

Evaluation of Immigration- and Integration Policies

Principal investigator Daniel Auer (Principal Investigator ), Flavia Fossati (Principal Investigator ), Carlos Vargas-Silva (Principal Investigator ), Stefanie Kurt (Principal Investigator ), Dennis Egger (Principal Investigator ), Johannes Kunz (Principal Investigator ), Damaris Rose (Principal Investigator )
Description
"In this project, we investigate the (sometimes unintended) consequences of policies that have been implemented to regulate immigration and to subsequently facilitate the socio-economic integration of newly arrived immigrants. (1) Networks: First, we exploit a natural experiment in Switzerland, where asylum seekers are randomly assigned to cantons. This immigration policy can be regarded as a transparent and neutral way of distributing refugees across a country to “share a burden”. At the same time, such restrictions regarding free movement within a country come with hefty consequences for the persons affected. On the one hand, a large share of jobs are found through referrals within social networks: in the US, for instance, around 30-60% (Bewley, 2007). At least since Granovetter (1973), a rich theoretical literature has rationalized this fact by modelling networks as non-market institutions that help overcome information frictions inherent in the labor market. From workers' perspective, networks grant their members preferential access to information on high-quality job openings, e.g. as in Calvo-Armengol and Jackson (2004). On the firm side, networks may help alleviate the asymmetric information problem in hiring leading potentially to a better job-match, e.g. as in Beaman and Magruder (2012). In our study, we focus on the value of social networks from the perspective of workers. Swiss asylum policy provides a unique natural experiment to study the effects of social networks on labor market outcomes. Because of the truly exogenous placement, long horizon over which the policy was in place and the large sample size, we can delve deeper into the mechanisms of how social networks affect labor market integration than previous studies have done and look at network structure beyond simply its size. Our findings will enable us to distinguish among a large set of theoretical models of the value of networks from the point of view of individual job seekers. (2) Maternity: At the same time, such immigration policies also affect the social integration of immigrants and, in our case, individual health and wellbeing. Specifically, we exploit the same unique setting to assess the relevance of information on infants' health. Random allocation of asylum seekers in Switzerland allows us to first, study the spatial differences in health care provision across the country. Further, by exploiting that French-speaking refugees are randomly placed in French- or non-French-speaking regions, we can credibly identify the language-match-health-gap, based on refugees that do not speak French as a control group and placed on either side of the language border (in a Difference in Differences framework). By extending the language to a novel (continuous) measure of language distance, we are able to factor out country of origin effects using bi-lateral regressions. A second strand of policies targets the (economic) integration of immigrants and generally of persons outside the labor market. A common approach is to provide measures, so-called Active Labor Market Programs (ALMP) that enhance a jobseeker’s employability (e.g., through additional human capital) or that keep a person close to the labor market through occupational programs. (3) Access Bias: Some measures, however, can negatively affect labor market outcomes, such as unemployment duration and post-unemployment wages, because of factors such as human capital deprivation or lock-in effects. Based on encompassing registry data that allow researchers to control for usually unobserved employability variables, we find evidence of a systematic access bias whereby caseworkers in Switzerland assign unemployed immigrants to activation measures based on what we call a competition logic that is mainly driven by and conforms to an economic rationale and the job center’s performance evaluation. From the perspective of immigrants’ labor market integration, this may be problematic because it results in an overrepresentation of immigrants in measures with little efficacy rather than in measures that could compensate for (some of) their employability disadvantages. Conversely, we find that Swiss citizens are relatively advantaged in the ability to access more measures that promote human capital enhancement (compensation logic) and that have been shown to be successful tools for labor market reintegration. It is plausible that a stronger reliance on the competition logic by caseworkers and the consequential overrepresentation of migrants in low-efficacy measures amplifies migrants’ general labor market disadvantages. (4) Priming: This rather negative stance on integration measures in the form of ALMPs is further advanced by a study where we present indications that ALMP participants are pushed into lower paying jobs compared to equally qualified non-participants. In this study on the effect of subjective beliefs on employment outcomes we find that the employment chances one year after the start of unemployment increase for both ALMP participants and non-participants when self-control and employment beliefs are high. In contrast, higher initial reservation wages increase employment chances for non-participants but substantially reduce them for ALMP participants. Previous studies have shown that beneficial effects of activation measures are often abrogated by lock-in effects, human capital deprivation, and/or negative signals to prospective employers, all of which are particularly harmful for highly skilled workers and higher-paying jobs. We argue that these detrimental effects ultimately push ALMP participants into jobs below their expected salary, where the negative consequences of activation measures are less pronounced. (5) Heterogeneity: A related aspect that is crucial from an integration perspective is whether such effects of ALMPs differ across groups, that is, whether the participation of “natives” turns out to have different consequences for their labor market performance compared to participating immigrants. In this study, we argue that effect heterogeneity between native and migrant participants can provide information about the type of discrimination that migrants face in the labor market. Using encompassing administrative data from Switzerland, we observe all registered jobseekers in 2004 and follow their monthly labor market trajectories over 10 subsequent years. Our findings are consistent with earlier evaluations of ALMPs in Switzerland and elsewhere, which find that participation effects of ALMPs are limited and sometimes even negative. However, findings show that employers value the additional productivity-related information of ALMP participation more if participants have a foreign nationality. We infer that labor market discrimination against migrants is dominated by statistical reasoning on the part of prospective employers. (6) LM-Index: Eventually, we provide a meta-analytical study where we argue that comparative assessments of integration policies fail to properly take confounding factors into account. That is, immigrant groups exposed to integration policies in different countries differ in their characteristics because immigration policies and migrants’ destination choice induce an ex-ante bias. To circumvent this limit to comparative analyses, we aspire to collect and generate data on all existing policy dimensions and subsequently provide a comparative analysis of immigrants’ labor market integration in industrialized countries."
Year 2018
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
45 Project

Can interculturalism complement multiculturalism?

Authors Tariq Modood
Year 2021
Journal Name Multicultural Education Review
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
46 Journal Article

How does interculturalism facilitate diversity incorporation into the cultural policy mainstream? Montreal’s case study

Authors Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Year 2017
Journal Name Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
48 Journal Article

The Scope and the Legal Limits of the ‘Immigration Federalism’: Some comparative remarks from the American, Belgian and the Italian experiences

Authors Davide STRAZZARI
Year 2012
Journal Name European journal of legal studies, 2016, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 211-249
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
49 Journal Article

Poverty in Global Perspective: Is Shame a Common Denominator?

Authors ROBERT WALKER, GRACE BANTEBYA KYOMUHENDO, ELAINE CHASE, ...
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Social Policy
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
50 Journal Article

Intra-EU Mobility: The Employment and Welfare Experience of Temporary EU Workers in the United Kingdom

Authors Sonila Danaj, Erka Çaro
Year 2021
Journal Name Two Homelands
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
51 Journal Article

Integration policy in Denmark

Authors Per MOURITSEN, Christine HOVMARK JENSEN
Description
In Denmark immigration has been politically very salient, and since the mid-1990s immigration has been negatively associated with the rising numbers of Muslims in the population. Integration policies over the last fifteen years have become increasingly comprehensive and thickly textured, focusing not only on labour market participation and education, but also on the civic dimensions of social and political participation, liberal-democratic norms and substantial welfare-state egalitarianism, as well as identity and loyalty. Local municipalities are responsible for the implementation of most policies and generally adopt a pragmatic approach. Since 2011, when a social-democratic-led government came to power, integration policies have become less politicized. Various programs, hitherto collected in one designated Ministry of Integration have now been placed under different ministerial jurisdictions and are connected, more than previously, to existing programs that target vulnerable citizens.
Year 2014
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
52 Report

Festival participation for integration and inclusion? A critical reflection

Authors Saeid Abbasian
Year 2023
Citations (WoS) 1
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
53 Journal Article

Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Epistemological Challenges of Schooling in Indigenous Contexts

Authors Daniel Quilaqueo R, Hector Torres C
Year 2013
Journal Name ALPHA-REVISTA DE ARTES LETRAS Y FILOSOFIA
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
54 Journal Article

Nationalist Immigration and Integration Policy (NIIP)

Description
The author has developed a nationalist immigration and integration policy index to measure legislative changes with regard to immigration and integration policy. The index measures to what extent the legislative output on immigration and integration of governments in 9 countries has a (radical) right-wing signature. The analysis covers the period 1996–2010. The index focuses on policy changes on citizenship, asylum, illegal residence/regularisation, family reunion and civic integration (language requirements and tests, etc.). The index analyses policy changes based on a series of requirement indicators on requirements (e.g., years required for citizenship acquisition). In order to assess optimally the range and substance of changes implied in new legislation, varying sources have been used. Apart from scrutinising primary legislative sources, expert reports, articles and books have been consulted for contextual information.
Year 2010
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
55 Data Set

Immigrants’ Feelings of Attachment to Switzerland: Does the Cantonal Context Matter?

Authors Salomon Bennour, Anita Manatschal
Year 2019
Book Title Migrants and Expats: The Swiss Migration and Mobility Nexus
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
56 Book Chapter

Introduction

Authors Maurice Crul, Peter Scholten, Paul van de Laar
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
58 Book Chapter

Legal Frameworks for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals

Authors Thomas Huddleston, Jan Niessen
Year 2018
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
59 Book

Migrant Integration Policy Index

Authors Thomas Huddleston
Year 2015
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
60 Book

The Limits of Local Citizenship Policies in Japan

Authors Hideki Tarumoto
Book Title International Migrations and Local Governance
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
61 Book Chapter

HERMENEUTIC CITIZENSHIP (A FOCUS THAT GOES TRANSCENDS THE MULTICULTURALISM OF THE GLOBAL VILLAGE IN THE SOCIETY OF KNOWLEDGE)

Authors Jorge Francisco Aguirre Sala
Year 2009
Journal Name Andamios, Revista de Investigación Social
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
62 Journal Article

Forms of secularism and multiculturalism: Charles Taylor and Ireland

Authors Jerry White
Year 2016
Journal Name Irish Studies Review
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
63 Journal Article

Integration policy instruments in Estonia

Authors Mari-Liis JAKOBSON
Description
This research report gives an overview of the context and tools of integration policies in Estonia. As the overview suggests, the sphere of integration policy is in tension and is partially securitised, particularly due to conflicting goals with the Compatriot Policy of the Russian Federation. The field of integration is still dominantly focused on the Russophone population who immigrated to Estonia during the Soviet period. Estonian At the same time, integration policies are also beginning to deal with new immigrants, and the government institutions are starting to implement policies targeted to that particular group. There are also three distinct groups of nongovernmental organisations operating in the field of integration policy: the cultural associations funded by the government and in accordance with national integration policy goals, the political minority associations—among which several probably receive funding from Russia, and NGOs providing services, which have rather different profiles. However, there are also a number of for-profit firms, public schools etc. that get funding from the state integration budget and provide services. This results from the outsourcing of integration-related activities by government institutions.
Year 2014
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
64 Report

Migration Integration Policy Index

Principal investigator Migration Policy Group (MPG) ()
Description
MIPEX is a unique tool to compare and evaluate governments’ integration policies in all EU Member States and several non-EU countries (Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA). 167 policy indicators have been developed to create a rich, multi-dimensional picture of migrants’ opportunities to participate in society. The index is a useful tool to evaluate and compare what governments are doing to promote the integration of migrants in all the countries analysed.
Year 2007
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
65 Project

Beyond Migrant Integration Policies: Rethinking Urban Governance of Migration-Related Diversity

Year 2018
Journal Name Croatian Journal of Comparative Public Administration
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
66 Journal Article

Integration policies : Portugal country report

Authors Ana Paula CRUZ BEJA ORRICO HORTA, Maria Paula GONCALVES DE OLIVEIRA
Description
In the last decades Portugal has become a new receiving country of international migration flows. This report seeks to provide an overview of immigrant integration policies in Portugal. Special focus is given to evolving integration policy tools and to the role of state and non-state actors in the promotion of migrants’ integration. Furthermore, the report also addresses local-level policies stressing new forms of governance and good practices. The implementation of a policy of inclusion and interculturality has brought major changes to immigration phenomena in Portugal, though the present-day economic and social crisis constitutes a major challenge to be dealt with, especially in a European context of rising anti-immigration discourses and xenophobia.
Year 2014
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
67 Report

Migrant Integration Policy Index 2015

Authors Thomas Huddleston, Özge Bilgili, Anne-Linde Joki, ...
Year 2015
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
68 Book

The Right to Health: Why It Should Apply to Immigrants

Authors Patricia Illingworth, Wendy E. Parmet
Year 2015
Journal Name Public Health Ethics
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
69 Journal Article

Social and Cultural Integration and Adaptation of Migrant Children into Norwegian Society in 1990s and 2000s

Authors Slavyana Yu. Boldyreva, Natalya E. Pukhovskaya, Victoria K. Khoruzhenko
Year 2023
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
70 Journal Article

MIPEX (Migrant Integration Policy Index)

Description
The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) is a unique tool which measures policies to integrate migrants. The MIPEX aims to address this by providing a comprehensive tool which can be used to assess, compare and improve integration policy. The index is a useful tool to evaluate and compare what governments are doing to promote the integration of migrants in all the countries analysed. The tool allows you to dig deep into the multiple factors that influence the integration of migrants into society and allows you to use the full MIPEX results to analyse and assess past and future changes in policy. The MIPEX includes 38 countries in order to provide a view of integration policies across a broad range of differing environments. Countries included are all EU Member States, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA. 167 policy indicators have been developed to create a rich, multi-dimensional picture of migrants’ opportunities to participate in society. MIPEX addresses 8 policy areas of integration: Labour Market Mobility, Family Reunion, Education, Political Participation, Long-term Residence, Access to Nationality, Anti-discrimination and Health. Thanks to the relevance and rigor of its indicators, the MIPEX has been recognised as a common quick reference guide across Europe. Policymakers, NGOs, researchers, and European and international institutions are using its data not only to understand and compare national integration policies, but also to improve standards for equal treatment.
Year 2014
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
72 Data Set

Of Indians and Terrorists: How the State and Local Elites Construct the Mapuche in Neoliberal Multicultural Chile

Authors Patricia Richards
Year 2010
Journal Name Journal of Latin American Studies
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
73 Journal Article

Multiculturalism and Interculturalism, Debating the Dividing Lines

Authors Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood, Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Year 2016
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
74 Book

Conclusions: Coming to Terms with Superdiversity?

Authors Peter Scholten, Maurice Crul, Paul van de Laar
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
75 Book Chapter

Governing diversity: Dutch political parties' preferences on the role of the state in civic integration policies

Authors Saskia Bonjour
Year 2013
Journal Name Citizenship Studies
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
76 Journal Article

‘In the beginning all is chaos …’: Roaming the Dystopic Realm in Australian Multiculturalism

Authors Andrew Jakubowicz
Book Title Social Transformation and Migration
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
77 Book Chapter

Beyond multiculturalism: interculturalism, diversity and urban governance

Authors Nergis Canefe
Year 2018
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 1
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
78 Journal Article

Geopolitical multiculturalism in East Asia

Authors Pei‐Chia Lan
Year 2023
Journal Name Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
79 Journal Article

The widening gap between Malaysia's international tourism brand and domestic multicultural policy

Authors Nathan John Albury, Li Hsien Ooi
Year 2017
Journal Name JOURNAL OF POLICY RESEARCH IN TOURISM LEISURE AND EVENTS
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
80 Journal Article

Access to Health Care for Pregnant Arabic-Speaking Refugee Women and Mothers in Germany

Authors Julia Henry, Christian Beruf, Thomas Fischer
Year 2020
Journal Name QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH
Citations (WoS) 29
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
81 Journal Article

Sport, migration and integration in Denmark: local political responses and policies in Copenhagen

Authors Ioannis Chatzopoulos
Year 2021
Journal Name INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT POLICY AND POLITICS
Citations (WoS) 1
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
82 Journal Article

Unintentional Residence and the Right to Vote(1)

Authors Patti Tamara Lenard
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 1
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
83 Journal Article

Re-Discovering the Importance of Citizenship Through Immigrants' Experiences: Naturalization and Political Integration in Padua, Italy

Authors Zana Vathi, Eriselda Shkopi
Year 2017
Journal Name Review of European and Russian Affairs
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
84 Journal Article

The implementation trap: the local level and diversity policies

Authors Maria Schiller
Year 2017
Journal Name International Review of Administrative Sciences
Citations (WoS) 5
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
85 Journal Article

Women's health access in the context of forced migration in Portugal: vulnerabilities and adaptation

Authors Catarina Sampaio, Natália Ramos
Year 2023
Journal Name Revista Ciência Plural
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
86 Journal Article

Performing as a professional: shaping migrant integration policy in adverse times

Authors Michiel Swinkels, Toon van Meijl
Year 2020
Journal Name Culture and Organization 
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
87 Journal Article

UK Localism: Unprecedented Opportunity for Local Migrant Integration Policies or ‘White Elephant’?

Authors Rachael Coker
Book Title International Migrations and Local Governance
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
88 Book Chapter

Multiculturalism and intercultupal education: Between neoindigenism and autonomy

Authors Alejandro Cerda Garcia
Year 2007
Journal Name Andamios, Revista de Investigación Social
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
89 Journal Article

Multiculturalism and interculturalism managing diversity in cross-cultural environment

Authors Rustam Rustam, Hendra Sulistiawan, Haris Firmansyah
Year 2024
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
90 Journal Article

Formal Education of Asylum Seeker Children in Belgrade, Serbia: Expanded Meaning of Social Inclusion

Authors Teodora Jovanovic
Year 2019
Journal Name SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
92 Journal Article

Cross-border mobility of health professionals: Contesting patients' right to health

Authors Evgeniya Vadimovna Plotnikova
Year 2012
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
93 Journal Article

A report on national integration policies in Malta

Authors Carla CAMILLERI
Description
This paper gives an outline of existing national and political discourse pertaining to integration policies and actions in Malta. We will show how, although the number of migrants residing in Malta has increased and doubled over the past decade, the same cannot be said of national integration actions or the implementation of a holistic national integration policy. In this regard, the author is not aware of any specific integration tools used in-country, nor of any tools or agreements used prior to departure in the country of origin. The paper also examines the role and position of non-state actors in Malta. Much of the public and political discourse relating to the integration of migrants is driven by international organisations present in Malta and locally registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs). However, an absence of migrant-led NGOs has also been noted. Finally, a brief overview of the existing bilateral and multilateral international agreements signed by Malta that may have an impact on the integration of migrants is also given.
Year 2014
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
94 Report

Celebration/Subversion of French Assimilation: A Contrapuntal Analysis of Zebda's Art

Authors Fella Benabed
Year 2017
Journal Name RUPKATHA JOURNAL ON INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN HUMANITIES
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
96 Journal Article

Activism in Their Own Interest

Authors Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels
Book Title Migrants or Expatriates?
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
97 Book Chapter

RIGHT TO HEALTH

Authors Wouter Vandenhole, Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Sara Lembrechts
Year 2019
Book Title Children’s Rights
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
98 Book Chapter

Researching Migration in a Superdiverse Society: Challenges, Methods, Concerns and Promises

Authors Lisa Goodson, Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska
Year 2017
Journal Name Sociological Research Online
Taxonomy View Taxonomy Associations
99 Journal Article
SHOW FILTERS
Ask us