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- Title
Do when and where matter? initial labour market conditions and immigrant earnings.
- Authors
Åslund, Olof; Rooth, Dan-Olof
- Abstract
This article investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment of labour market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find that early earnings assimilation depends crucially on a favourable national labour market. Exposure to high local unemployment rates also affects individuals for at least ten years. To handle the issue of selective migration, we compare refugees entering Sweden during a severe and unexpected recession to refugees arriving during a preceding economic boom. The analysis of effects at the local level exploits a governmental refugee settlement policy to get exogenous variation in local labour market conditions.
- Subjects
EFFECT of wages on unemployment; FOREIGN workers; LABOR market; EMIGRATION &; immigration; EMPLOYMENT of minorities; REGIONAL disparities in unemployment; LABOR supply; ECONOMIC indicators
- Publication
Economic Journal, 2007, Vol 117, Issue 518, p422
- ISSN
0013-0133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02024.x