In France, students’ social background strongly influences their school trajectories. Achievement gaps emerge early and tend to widen over time, making France one of the OECD countries with the largest socio-economic disparities in test performance. Tutoring...

Unaccompanied migrant youth are among the most vulnerable populations in Europe. In Spain, they arrive without their families, enter the child protection system, and must leave state care at age 18. The number of unaccompanied minors and recently emancipated...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has displaced millions of people within the country's borders, creating Europe's largest internal displacement crisis since World War II. More than 3.8 million Ukrainians remain internally displaced, many having lost the social...

Roma students in Spain experience persistent educational disadvantage, reflected in early learning gaps, high rates of grade repetition, and elevated levels of early school leaving. These disparities emerge early and widen over time, limiting access to higher...

Homelessness and precarious living conditions have become pressing policy challenges in many industrialized countries, including Europe. The scale of the issue is alarming: on any given night in 2022, approximately 896,430 people in Europe were homeless...

Immigrant women working in low-wage service jobs are disproportionately exposed to harassment and violence, both at work and in their daily lives, and often lack access to meaningful support. Traditional state support, such as helplines, shelters, and police...

This pilot study aims to prepare the groundwork for a future randomised evaluation of employment support policies for female survivors of violence and domestic abuse. The setting is Italy, where the government has been active in promoting policies to support...

Evidence from several countries suggests that low-income students tend to apply to lower-ranked universities than higher-income students with the same grades. In the US, this is often attributed to high ‘sticker prices’ for universities and a lack of...

Homelessness and housing instability are catalysts for poverty and social exclusion. Individuals experiencing unstable housing often face significant barriers to securing employment, integrating into the labor market, and participating fully in economic...

This research project aims to understand how colleges in France select students based on both academic and non-academic factors, such as grades, statements of purpose, and extracurricular activities. The goal is to uncover biases within the selection process...

In diverse societies, differences in language can create barriers to economic opportunity, trust, and cooperation. While early interventions that improve communication and social skills can foster cross-group cohesion, these efforts may come at the cost of...

In France, over 89,500 newly arrived allophone students were enrolled in schools in 2022-2023, with 60% placed in specialised language support units (UPE2A* ). Despite near-immediate school enrolment, language barriers often represent a significant obstacle to...

In many countries, immigrants tend to earn lower wages, have less appealing jobs, and are less socially engaged compared to the native population with similar age, education, and gender. This is especially true for recent migrants, refugees, and family...

This project’s objective is (i) to study the effectiveness of firm-side intermediation services aimed at reducing frictions in the process of hiring refugees, and (ii) to understand the effects on firms of integrating refugees into their workforce. Reducing...

There is ample evidence showing that social cohesion is a crucial factor in achieving sustainable economic development and prosperity. A cohesive society is a society that possesses a good collective character supported by the well-developed social skills of...

More than 270 million people today have left their home countries to seek a better life abroad. However, once they land in a new country, immigrants may face unemployment or end up in jobs that are a poor fit for their skills and work experience. These...

The program called Opening School to Parents to Promote Migrants’ Inclusion and their Children’s Achievement (Ouvrir l’Ecole aux Parents pour la Réussite des Enfants (OEPRE)) targets immigrant parents having children enrolled in the French school system. It...

This study aims to foster the social acceptance of minority groups and prevent their social exclusion. In collaboration with the local NGO Walter, we evaluate the impact of an innovative intervention implemented over four cohorts of fifth-grade students in...

Since 2016, the Turkish Ministry of Education has been developing policies to facilitate the integration of Syrian refugee children into the Turkish education system. This study evaluates a unique cohesion program that aims to foster “perspective-taking” among...

The research team is evaluating an innovative program which promotes better social and economic integration of recent migrants to Sweden by matching them with established Swedes and creating local social ties through repeated social interaction. The program...