Title: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Refugee Labour Participation in the Netherlands: A Comparison between Syrian and Ukrainian refugees
Author: Annemijn Gommers holds degrees in labour law and policy sociology and is a young professional specializing in education and labour market dynamics. Her academic and professional work centres on labour participation, the alignment between education and the
labour market, and the valuation of educational pathways. This book presents her research on the labour participation of refugees, which was nominated in 2024 for the Hanneke Steenbergen Thesis Award for the best Dutch Master’s thesis in the field of migration law.
Content: The decades-long criticism of the low labour participation among refugees in the Netherlands has been reignited since mid-2022 by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. This refugee group, protected by
exceptional European Union regulations, is entering the Dutch labour market in significantly larger numbers and at a noticeably faster rate than other (regular) refugee groups. The media, politicians and
academics have suggested various explanations for this difference in labour participation. However, the explanations provided so far lack in- depth reasoning and rarely combine various academic disciplines.
To gain more insight into the explanatory factors behind the difference in labour participation between Ukrainian refugees and Syrian refugees (who constitute the largest regular refugee group in the
Netherlands), Annemijn Gommers conducted a multidisciplinary scientific research addressing this issue in 2022/2023 for her Master's thesis in Labour Law and Employment Relations. Focusing on the
legal and policy aspects while also incorporating multiple disciplines within social sciences, this work thoroughly investigates the role of the three main stakeholders - the government, employers, and refugees - thereby providing the reader a clearer understanding of the multifaceted causes.
Language: English
Volume in pages: 152 pages
Price: € 32,50 (incl. vat)
Shiping costs: Orders from abroad are subject to a surcharge equal to the part of the shipping costs exceeding the shipping costs within the Netherlands.
ISBN: 978-90-835180-0-8
Cover: paperbac
