2017-11-15 Why are some immigrant groups more successful than others?
Why are some immigrant groups more successful than others?
15 November 2017
Edward Lazear of Stanford University has studied immigration to the United States, as well as to Sweden, and found that the underlying mechanisms are much the same in both countries. He explained that the success of the new arrivals is more dependent on the rules set by the recipient country than the country from which new arrivals have come.
In a subsequent panel, Oskar Nordström Skans, Uppsala University, Erik Nilsson, State Secretary to the Minister for Upper Secondary School Anna Ekström, Johan Forssell, Migration Policy Spokesperson (M) and Paulina Neuding, Editor in Chief of Kvartal.