Explaining the male native-immigrant employment gap in Sweden : the role of human capital and migrant categories
Pieter Bevelander (MIM, Malmö University and IZA), Marc-André Luik (Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg), Henrik Emilsson (MIM, Malmö University)
Despite having one of the most celebrated labor market integration policies, the native-immigrant employment gap in Sweden is one of the largest among the OECD countries. In this study, we use unique Swedish register data to try to explain the employment gap between male immigrants and natives. The results show that the traditional human capital theory only explains a small share of the immigrant-native gap. After controlling for human capital, demographic and contextual factors, large unexplained employment gaps still persists between immigrants and natives and between migrant categories. Our analysis indicates that admission category is an important determinant of employment integration, and that humanitarian and family migrants suffer from low transferability of their country specific human capital. The article highlights the need to consider migrant categories in integration research, and take into account international human capital transferability when explaining employment outcomes for immigrants.
Year of publication: |
May 2016
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Authors: | Bevelander, Pieter ; Luik, Marc-André ; Emilsson, Henrik |
Publisher: |
Bonn, Germany : IZA |
Subject: | labour market integration | Sweden | human capital | migration categories | employment gaps | Migranten | Migrants | Schweden | Humankapital | Human capital | Lohnstruktur | Wage structure | Erwerbstätigkeit | Employment | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Women workers | Arbeitsmarktintegration | Labour market integration |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 29 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. no. 9943 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/142382 [Handle] |
Classification: | F22 - International Migration ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; J68 - Public Policy |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476506