---
id: "lib-2026-09-28-ai-based-matching-improves-refugee-employment-in"
type: "library"
title: "AI-based matching improves refugee employment in a double-blind randomized trial"
lang: "EN"
org: "arXiv (ETH/Stanford IPL, Swiss SEM)"
source_type: "Paper"
date: "2026-09-28"
week: "2026-W40"
url: "https://nosov.ai/library/lib-2026-09-28-ai-based-matching-improves-refugee-employment-in/"
original_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.35448"
tags: ["business transformation", "public services", "field experiment"]
---

# AI-based matching improves refugee employment in a double-blind randomized trial

## English summary

About 2,000 cases 2020-2023, officers keep final authority: share of months employed +2.2 pp (10% of 22.3% mean), +3.9 pp (17%) post-COVID cohorts; effects grow over 36 months.

Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.35448