The Importance of the Hospitality Sector in Integrating Foreign-Born Individuals in Sweden

Mikaela Backman () and Johan Klaesson
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Mikaela Backman: Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School

A chapter in Regional Science Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality, 2021, pp 79-100 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The increased flow of individuals across national borders has led to a more diverse set of inhabitants in a region and a larger share of individuals with a foreign background in the labor force. Sweden is no exception, as it hosts a large share of foreign-born individuals due to its long history of both labor market-driven and forced migration. Integration into the labor market is vitally important for individuals with a foreign background, and the hospitality sector plays an important role since it employs a large share of employees with foreign backgrounds. By using this as a starting point, we explore the probability of becoming employed (out of opportunity or by necessity) within the hospitality sector for an individual with a foreign background. The results show that individuals with foreign backgrounds are more likely to be employed, both out of opportunity and by necessity, in the hospitality sector.

Keywords: Hospitality sector; Foreign-born; Labor market outcomes; Integration; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-61274-0_5

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