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Immigrant labour market participation in Belgium - high time to mainstream. IES Policy Brief 2015/2 • March 2015

Adam, Ilke and Van Dijk, Mathijs (2015) Immigrant labour market participation in Belgium - high time to mainstream. IES Policy Brief 2015/2 • March 2015. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    The gap in labour market participation between natives and people with an immigrant background is significant in Belgium, one of the largest in the OECD. In this Policy Brief, we present research1 that investigated one of the possible causes of this poor performance, and we propose three main policy recommendations. The research project studied whether Belgium’s complex federal state structure, and the subsequent division of responsibilities and lack of intergovernmental cooperation helps to explain this poor performance. The study concluded that governance complexity does not appear to be a main cause for Belgium’s poor results. However, more policy coordination would improve policy efficiency. Issue 2015/2 • March 2015 can be found. The research also investigated what opportunities could arise from the sixth Belgian state reform to promote labour market participation of people with an immigrant background. After presenting

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > employment/labour market
    Countries > Belgium
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Institute for European Studies (Brussels) > Policy Briefs
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2017 16:03
    Number of Pages: 4
    Last Modified: 06 Dec 2017 16:03
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/77661

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