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- Title
A Note on Immigrant Representation in Temporary Agency Work and Self-employment in Sweden.
- Authors
Joona, Pernilla Andersson; Wadensj, Eskil
- Abstract
This is a note on the immigrant representation in two forms of atypical employment in Sweden: self-employment and temporary agency work. The employment rate among non-western immigrants is substantially lower than among natives and using register data for the population in Sweden who were employed in 1999, we find that immigrants are over-represented in both these forms of atypical employment. Immigrants from Asia are over-represented in both forms of employment, whereas immigrants from South America are over-represented among temporary agency workers but underrepresented among the self-employed. These findings can be interpreted as an indication of that temporary agency work and self-employment are used as alternatives to regular employment by groups in which unemployment is high.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; FREELANCERS; FOREIGN workers; TEMPORARY employees; LABOR supply; IMMIGRANTS
- Publication
LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics & Industrial Relations, 2008, Vol 22, Issue 3, p495
- ISSN
1121-7081
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9914.2008.00425.x