Estimating the Relative Success of Local Authorities at Labour-Market Integration of Immigrants

Signe Hald Andersen () and Eskil Heinesen
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Signe Hald Andersen: Institute of Local Government Studies

European Journal of Population, 2008, vol. 24, issue 1, No 5, 59-86

Abstract: Abstract We propose a method for estimating indicators of the success of local authorities at integrating immigrants in the labour-market. The proportion of time in employment of individuals is used to measure labour-market integration, and we correct for differences in characteristics of immigrants and local labour markets using a two-limit Tobit model. This method is applied to a large administrative micro dataset which contains information on all immigrants in Denmark. We compare the estimated indicators of integration to corresponding uncorrected measures, and conclude that the corrections have a significant effect on the ranking of local authorities.

Keywords: Employment of immigrants; Evaluation of policies; Integration; Local-authority effects; Two-limit Tobit model; Panel data; Emploi des immigrés; Evaluation des politiques; Intégration; Effets des politiques locales; Modèle Tobit à deux limites; Données de panel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9138-2

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