This paper studies the role of labour market policies for economic outcomes of immigrants with different migration motives. Using two recent European Union Labour Force Surveys ad hoc modules and applying country fixed-effects models, we examine if labour market policies can alleviate the economic disadvantage of family reunification and refugee immigrants in comparison to economic immigrants. In line with previous studies, we find that even after controlling for differences in human capital and socio-demographic characteristics, family reunification, and particularly refugee immigrants have considerably lower labour force participation and employment rates, and when employed, work fewer hours and have a lower occupational status than economic immigrants. However, we also find that the economic disadvantage of family reunification and refugee immigrants is significantly smaller in countries with more extensive labour market policies. These findings hold for the overall labour market mobility index as well as its specific sub-dimensions: general and targeted support and workers’ rights.

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具有不同迁移动机的移民的经济成果：劳动力市场政策的作用

本文研究了劳动力市场政策对于具有不同移民动机的移民的经济成果的作用。临时使用两项最近的欧盟劳动力调查模块和应用国家固定效应模型，我们研究了劳动力市场政策与经济移民相比是否可以减轻家庭团聚和难民移民的经济劣势。与以前的研究一致，我们发现，即使在控制了人力资本和社会人口特征的差异之后，家庭团聚，尤其是难民移民的劳动力参与率和就业率也大大降低，而且当就业时，他们的工作时间更少，并且拥有更少的工作时间。比经济移民的职业地位低。但是，我们还发现，在劳动力市场政策更为广泛的国家中，家庭团聚和难民移民的经济劣势明显减小。