Age at Immigration Matters for Labor Market Integration: The Swedish Example

Björn Anders Gustafsson (), Hanna Mac Innes () and Torun Österberg ()
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Björn Anders Gustafsson: Göteborg University
Hanna Mac Innes: University of Gothenburg
Torun Österberg: University of Gothenburg

No 10423, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: immigrants; Sweden; age; labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2016-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published in IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2017, 7:1

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