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Sverige, framtiden och m°angfalden : slutbetänkande fr°an Invandrarpolitiska Kommittén

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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...

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A Theory of Social Forces and Immigrant Second Language Acquisition

DeVoretz, Don J.; Werner, Christiane - 2000

The preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide is striking. This paper proposes a theoretical model, which analyzes the underlying forces that contribute to this outcome of minimal secondary language acquisition by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving...

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Ethnic German Migration since 1989 - Results and Perspectives

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

Among all European countries, Germany absorbs by far the largest number of immigrants. But to date, the German government has yet to adopt a system that will effectively control the influx of foreigners. The immigration of Ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe, which is due to historical events and...

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Low-skilled immigrants and the US labor market

Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen - 2011

Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the U.S. labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants arrive with very low levels of schooling, English...

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Self-Employed Immigrants in Denmark and Sweden : A Way to Economic Self-Reliance?

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2004

data-sets to study self-employment among immigrants in Denmark and Sweden. The three main issues covered are 1) if the …

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Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999

This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased in Sweden in the 1990?s … that immigrants lower their participation rates in welfare with time spent in Sweden. Refugees display substantially higher …

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The Duration of Immigrants? Unemployment Spells: Evidence from Sweden

Hansen, Jörgen - 2000

differ from natives', and if so, how the difference vary with time spent in Sweden and across immigrant cohorts. A unique …

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Acculturation identity and labor market outcomes

Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus - 2007

This paper explores the identity formation of a cohort of students with immigrant backgrounds in Sweden and the …

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Acculturation identity and educational attainment

Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus; Özcan, Gülay - 2007

This paper explores the identity formation of a cohort of students with immigrant backgrounds in Sweden and the … achievement, among immigrants in Sweden. …

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