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Immigration history, entry jobs, and the labor market integration of immigrants

Ansala, Laura; Åslund, Olof; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2020

This paper studies the relationship between past immigration experiences of the host country and the way new immigrants … different immigration histories. In both countries, immigrants tend to find their first jobs in low-paying establishments, where … are consistent with the hypothesis that the host country's immigration history plays a limited role in shaping the …

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Age at migration and social integration

Åslund, Olof; Böhlmark, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009

The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the … these effects are much more limited in magnitude. We also analyze children of migrants and show that parents' time in the …. Inherited integration has a particularly strong impact on the marriage patterns of females. -- Immigration ; integration …

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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement : evidence from a placement policy

Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - 2009

overall share of immigrants in the neighborhood has a negative effect on GPA. -- Peer effects ; ethnic enclaves ; immigration …

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Åslund, Olof; Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009

We show that immigrant managers are substantially more likely to hire immigrants than are native managers. The finding holds when comparing establishments in the same 5-digit industry and location, when comparing different establishments within the same firm, when analyzing establishments that...

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Ethnic enclaves and welfare cultures : quasi-experimental evidence

Åslund, Olof (contributor); Fredriksson, Peter (contributor) - 2005

We examine peer effects in welfare use among immigrants to Sweden by exploiting a governmental refugee placement policy. We distinguish between the quantity of contacts the number of individuals of the same ethnicity and the quality of contacts welfare use among members of the ethnic group. OLS...

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Boy-girl differences in parental time investments : evidence from three countries

Baker, Michael; Milligan, Kevin - In: Journal of human capital : JHC 10 (2016) 4, pp. 399-441

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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets

Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2016

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...

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