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Ethnic minority youths in the labour markets in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
Niknami, Susan; Schröder, Lena; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2019
This paper uses administrative data to in detail document how the share of youths not in employment, education or training has evolved over time in the Scandinavian countries. We study both first- and second-generation immigrant youths as well as natives to explore whether the pattern differ...
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The unaccompanied refugee minors and the Swedish labour market
Çelikaksoy, Aycan; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2015
More unaccompanied refugee children arrive to and get a residence permit in Sweden than in any other country in Europe … arrived as unaccompanied minors and have been registered in Sweden. We compare them with those who also arrived as minors from … born in Sweden and are of the same age. …
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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The dynamics of immigrant welfare and labor market behavior
Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2001
This paper analyzes transitions into and out of 3 different labor market states, social assistance, unemployment and employment. We estimate a dynamic multinomial logit model, controlling for endogenous initial condition and unobserved heterogeneity, using a large representative Swedish panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403758
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The labour market integration of refugee and family reunion immigrants : a comparison of outcomes in Canada and Sweden
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - 2012
Canada and Sweden using two national level sources of data. The Canadian Immigration Database (IMDB) is a file that links the … groups are quite similar in the two host countries, although earnings are higher in Canada than in Sweden. -- refugees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631459
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Wage and employment determination in volatile times : Sweden 1913 - 1939
Holmlund, Bertil - 2012
The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536419
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Gender differences in sickness absence and the gender division of family responsibilities
Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per-Olov; Lindahl, Erica - 2013
This study investigates possible reasons for the gender difference in sickness absence. We estimate both short- and long-term effects of parenthood in a within-couple analysis based on the timing of parenthood. We find that after entering parenthood, women increase their sickness absence by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740406
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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 residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863659
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Generating legitimacy for labor market and welfare state reforms : the role of policy advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Wintermann, Ole (contributor) - 2005
structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285403
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Migration to Sweden from the new EU member states
Wadensjö, Eskil (contributor) - 2007
Sweden did not apply any transitional rules for migrants coming from the ten new European Union member states in May … 2004. The migration to Sweden from these countries also increased, especially from Poland and the Baltic states, even if … much more even. In this paper the labour market situation is studied for people living in Sweden at the end of 2005 who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003586566