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Electoral participation as a measure of social inclusion for natives, immigrants and descendants in Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - 2008

Three decades ago, Sweden extended municipal and county voting privileges to non-citizen residents arguing that it would increase political influence, interest and self-esteem among foreign citizens. Three decades later, electoral participation on the part of immigrants is perceived as being...

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Estimating the impact of immigration on wages in Ireland

Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - 2009

We estimate the impact of immigration on the wages of natives in Ireland applying the technique proposed by Borjas (2003). Under this method, the labour market is divided into a number of skill cells, where the cells are defined by groups with similar levels of experience and education (or...

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The earnings of immigrants in Ireland: results from the 2005 EU survey of income and living conditions

Barrett, Alan; McCarthy, Yvonne - 2007

Ireland is provided. Second, the analysis undertaken by Barrett and McCarthy (forthcoming) of earnings of immigrants in … Ireland is updated. Third, the earnings of immigrant women are assessed to see if they experience a double disadvantage. Among … disadvantage is found for immigrant women, with the earnings of female immigrants found to be 14 percent less than those of …

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The self-employment of immigrants and natives in Sweden: To what extent is it the 'immigrant group' or the 'labour market context' that affects the self-employment of individuals i...

Ohlsson, Henrik; Broomé, Per; Bevelander, Pieter - 2010

Earlier studies on entrepreneurship and self-employment among immigrants call attention to the fact that also the market for self-employment or entrepreneurs consists of a supply and demand side as well as the interaction between these two. More recent research suggests that a mix of personal...

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