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Integrating Immigrants into the Nordic Labour Markets – The impact of ghe COVID 19-pandemic
Per Skedinger, IFN, is one of the authors of a new report commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers/ Nordregio.
News
Publish date 10/20/2021
Ethnic Enclaves and Self-Employment among Middle Eastern Immigrants in Sweden: Ethnic Capital or Enclave Size?
We employ geocoded data to explore the effects of ethnic enclaves in Swedish cities on the propensity of Middle Eastern immigrants to transcend from having no employment to self-employment. We demonst…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/30/2021
Borde vi ha fler enkla jobb?
Den låga andelen enkla jobb i Sverige beror inte på bristande efterfrågan från arbetsgivare, utan på att höga lönenivåer till stor del ”prisat ut” dem från marknaden. De relativt höga lönerna i dessa…
Report
Publish date 6/22/2022
IFN Researcher
Social Networks and Immigrant Integration: Experimental Evidence from Sweden
Immigrant integration is key to realizing the potential of international migration in economic development. However, integration is often thought to be hampered by immigrants' limited social networks…
Journal Article
Publish date 5/30/2022
Low-Skilled Jobs, Language Proficiency and Refugee Integration: An Experimental Study
We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly…
Working Paper
Publish date 8/11/2021
Affiliated Researcher
Decomposition of Air Pollution Emissions from Swedish Manufacturing
Starting from the '90s, Swedish manufacturing output has been constantly growing, while emissions of some major air pollutants have been declining. This paper decomposes manufacturing pollution emissi…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/22/2022
IFN Researcher
Getting the First Job: Size and Quality of Ethnic Enclaves and Refugee Labor Market Entry
We analyze the relationship between residence in an ethnic enclave and immigrants' labor market integration with respect to finding a first job in the receiving country. The analysis distinguishes bet…
Journal Article
Publish date 2/15/2021
Ethnic Enclaves and Segregation: Self-Employment and Employment Patterns Among Forced Migrants
The relevance of residential segregation and ethnic enclaves for labor market sorting of immigrants has been investigated by a large body of literature. Previous literature presents competing argument…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/18/2021
Immigrant-Native Differences in Long-Term Self-Employment
We study ethnic differences in long-term self-employment in Sweden combining population-wide register data and a unique survey targeting a large representative sample of the total population of long-t…
Journal Article
Publish date 2/16/2022
Migranters värderingar integreras snabbt
Nyanlända migranters värderingar närmar sig genomsnittssvenskens relativt snabbt. Vissa förändringar tar dock längre tid och där kan samhällsinsatser göra skillnad, skriver Olle Hammar.
Op-Ed
Publish date 11/25/2021
Contracting with Endogenously Incomplete Commitment: Escape Clauses
We study mechanism design under endogenously incomplete commitment as it arises in contracting with escape clauses. An escape clause permits the agent to end a contractual relationship under specified…
Working Paper
Publish date 5/28/2021