FIMAS+INTEGRATION 2 – Processes of labour market integration of refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection in Austria

Research Objectives

Building on the FIMAS and FIMAS+INTEGRATION surveys, the project FIMAS+INTEGRATION 2 continued with the third wave of the Austrian longitudinal survey on refugees’ integration trajectories. The FIMAS projects aimed to close the research gaps related to the processes of labour market integration of the growing refugee population through the analysis of quantitative data on central topics related to refugee integration. The project investigated individual trajectories as well as trends of refugee integration and the effects of measures for labour market integration. The total sample included a panel component, following initial respondents from 2016/2017 (FIMAS) and 2017/2018 (FIMAS+INTEGRATION), plus a refresher sample.

Interviews were mainly conducted online and complemented by telephone and face-to-face interviews. In the third wave, 2.400 recognised refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection in all nine federal states were interviewed. The sample included persons of working age from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran. Interviews were conducted in three languages (Arabic, Farsi/Dari, German) by trained interviewers.

Related publications

Baumgartner, Paul; Palinkas, Meike; Daur, Valentin (2020): Prozesse der Arbeitsmarktintegration von Geflüchteten in Österreich. Forschungsbericht der dritten Welle des FIMAS-Flüchtlingssurveys: FIMAS+INTEGRATION2. ICMPD, February 2020.

Renate Ortlieb; Petra Eggenhofer‐Rehart; Sandra Leitner; Roland Hosner; Michael Landesmann (2020): Do Austrian Programmes Facilitate Labour Market Integration of Refugees? International Migration, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Organization for Migration. ISSN 0020-7985.

Michael Landesmann, Sandra M. Leitner (2020): Refugees’ Integration into the Austrian Labour Market: Dynamics of Occupational Mobility and Job-Skills Mismatch. wiiw Working Paper No. 188, October 2020.

Renate Ortlieb, Elena Glauninger, Kevin Schasche und Vanessa Zweiger (2019): Wie finden Geflüchtete in Österreich einen Arbeitsplatz, und welche Art von Arbeitsplatz finden sie? Zweiter Ergebnisbericht einer schriftlichen Befragung von Geflüchteten, ergänzt um eine Befragung via Social Media und Gruppendiskussionen mit geflüchteten Frauen im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts LAMIRA (Labour Market Integration of Refugees in Austria)