Age at immigration matters for labor market integration - the Swedish example

Artikel

This paper analyses how age at immigration to Sweden and getting a first foothold in the labor market is related. We estimate hazard rate models using registry data on all persons who arrived in each of the years 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2002. The results show that the number of years taken to get a foothold in the Swedish labor market increases rapidly by age among immigrants from middle- and low-income countries aged 40+. Most individuals who are born in middle- or low-income countries who immigrate after age 50 never get a foothold in the Swedish labor market.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Development and Migration ; ISSN: 2520-1786 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-23 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gustafsson, Bjorn Anders ; Mac Innes, Hanna ; Österberg, Torun
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40176-017-0087-1
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/161741
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET