In this paper, we analyze how the formal recognition of immigrants' foreign occupational qualifications afects their … information to their administrative records, allowing us to observe immigrants at monthly intervals before, during and after their …. After three years, the full recognition of immigrants’ foreign qualifications increases their employment rates by 24 …

immigrants and whether foreign citizens are employed as complementary or substitutive labour. In the last several years, the … number of work permits granted to immigrants has been rising fast. The total number of work permits and employers …, stronger presence of immigrants in different branches of industry, construction and transport can be observed. This article …

The aim of the paper is to analyse immigrants' participation versus non-participation in the regional labour markets … and/or in education. For comparison we have followed groups of immigrants by their reason for immigration, like refugees …, labor-, family- and education-immigrants and Nordic immigrants with special focus on those who do not move domestically …

Using longitudinal data on immigrants in the Netherlands fromthe survey 'Social Position and Use of Public Facilities … by Immigrants' (SPVA) for the years 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002, we examined the impacts of social contacts and Dutch language … mastery of the Dutch language enhance immigrants'economic performances. The effects are much stronger for immigrants with low …