Promoting social cohesion and convergence
Barriers to employment of displaced Ukrainians
Published:
14 June 2023
Eurofound research paper
Abstract
In responding to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the EU activated its Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for people who fled the country, allowing them to settle in the EU and to access basic public services and the labour market. By spring 2023, more than 4.5 million people had made use of the TPD or similar national protection schemes in the EU. In 2022, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights conducted an online survey among people displaced from Ukraine. Eurofound has analysed the survey results on their experiences when seeking to access employment. This paper highlights the main barriers that displaced people encountered and suggests ways to facilitate their inclusion.
The research paper contains the following lists of tables and figures.
List of tables
- Table 1: Key characteristics of the online survey respondents (numbers and (weighted) proportions)
- Table 2: Respondents’ reasons for not being in paid employment
List of figures
- Figure 1: Host language proficiency of the respondents, by country (%, weighted)
- Figure 2: Contract types among respondents in employment in their host country (%, weighted)
- Figure 3: Barriers reported by respondents who have looked for a job in a host country (%, weighted)
- Figure 4: Probability of experiencing at least one barrier while seeking employment, by gender, age group, education level, financial situation and language skills
- Figure 5: Proportion of respondents who experienced labour market barriers while seeking employment, by barrier and age group (%)
- Figure 6: Proportion of respondents who experienced labour market barriers while seeking employment, by barrier and educational attainment (%)
- Figure 7: Share of respondents who mentioned self-reported barriers among those not in paid work, by country (%)
- Figure 8: Share of self-reported barriers among those not in paid work, by barrier and age category (%)
- Figure 9: Share of self-reported barriers among those respondents not in paid work, by barrier and educational attainment (%)
- Figure 10: Probability of perceiving at least one barrier to entering the labour market, by age, educational attainment, gender, financial situation and language skill groups
- Number of pages
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32
- Reference nº
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EF23015
- ISBN
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978-92-897-2333-6
- Catalogue nº
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TJ-03-23-207-EN-N
- DOI
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10.2806/216178
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Cite this publication
Eurofound and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2023), Barriers to employment of displaced Ukrainians, Eurofound research paper, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.