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same time expected to experience substantial difficulties in finding work. Using supported employment methods, the SIN … experience schemes, and improved future employment probabilities for those who entered these schemes. …
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We analyse full-time monthly wages of employees with parents born in Sweden and of childhood immigrants who arrived … the non-European childhood immigrants and of those from Southern Europe suffer a wage disadvantage relative to natives …, men to a larger extent than women. Returns to education are generally lower for non-European childhood immigrants than for …
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Using a unique micro panel data set we investigate whether active labor market programs improve employment prospects …
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This paper investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment from labor market conditions …
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The aim of this paper is to examine if the returns to immigrants’ schooling are lower than the returns to natives …’ schooling. In addition the paper tries to establish whether immigrants who invest in different amounts of Swedish education also … differ in their returns to schooling. The results show that the difference in returns to schooling between immigrants and …
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We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy …
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naturalizations are associated with improving economic outcomes for immigrants from outside the OECD. The strength of the correlation …
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choices among immigrants. The results suggest that immigrants to Sweden are attracted to regions with high representation from …
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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals’ behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behav­ioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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Employment and wage subsidies are used to combat long-term unemployment, yet there is little research to guide the … study the effects on the probability of staying employed for those who find subsidized employment. Interestingly, the … positive employment effect of doubling the subsidy duration persists after the expiry of the employment subsidies. …
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