Do when and where matter? Initial labor market conditions and immigrant earnings

Olof Åslund and Dan-Olof Rooth

No 2003:7, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: This paper investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment from labor market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find substantial effects both of the state of the national labor market and of local unemployment rates. Comparing refugees entering Sweden in a severe and unexpected recession to refugees arriving in a preceding economic boom, we attempt to handle the issue of selective migration. The analysis of effects at the local level exploits a governmental refugee settlement policy to get exogenous variation in local labor market conditions.

Keywords: Immigration; earnings: labor market conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2003-03-18
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