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Do When and Where Matter? Initial Labour Market Conditions and Immigrant Earnings

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ID9703464
AuthorsOlof Åslund (Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala), Dan‐olof Rooth (0000-0001-8887-5677, Kalmar University College)
Year2007
Volume117
Issue518
Pages422-448
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02024.x
OpenAlexW2071827358
LanguageEN
Citations received87
References cited25

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. Copyright 2007 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2007

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Immigration · Labour economics · Political science · Finance · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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