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Naturalizations and the economic and social integration of immigrants
Engdahl, Mattias - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
I study the effects of naturalizations on labor market outcomes and family formation. The results show that naturalizations are associated with improving economic outcomes for immigrants from outside the OECD. The strength of the correlation varies depending on the country group and gender. A...
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1 Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690428
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010697285
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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration.
Aslund, O. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005479127
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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration
Åslund, Olof - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196917
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Emigration of Immigrants and Measures of Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from Sweden.
Edin, Per-Anders; LaLonde, Robert J.; Åslund, Olof - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant … after arrival; within five years, more than a quarter of the people studied emigrated. As expected, economic migrants are … who leave. This creates the impression that immigrants’ well-being relative to natives improves with time in Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196937
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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration.
Aslund, O. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669583
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Scandinavian Evidence on Growth and Age Structure
Andersson, Björn - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
The age distribution is seldom taken into consideration in macroeconomic, and macro-econometric papers. This in spite of the fact that established economic theories predict that demographic factors will affect the aggregate economy. This paper focuses on economic growth and investigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419187
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Can Demography Improve Inflation Forecasts? The Case of Sweden
Bruér, Mattias - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2002
Time series regressions indicate that age structure has significant forecasting power on Swedish inflation. The results agree with a Phillips-Okun framework, assuming that the demographic composition affects productivity. The relative age effects are also relatively well in accordance with what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190466
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Age Structure Effects and Growth in the OECD, 1950-90: Further Evidence
Lindh, Thomas; Malmberg, Bo - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1996
Economic growth depends on human resources and human needs. The demographic age structure shapes both of these factors. We study five-year data from the OECD countries 1950-90 in the framework of a human capital augmented neoclassical growth model with gradual technical adjustment due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642475