Income and Employment for Immigrants and Immigrant-Dense Neighbourhoods in Sweden 1998–2022

Martin Nordin () and Andreas Bergh ()
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Martin Nordin: Agrifood Economics Centre and Department of Economics, Lund University
Andreas Bergh: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: and Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden, https://www.ifn.se/en/researchers/ifn-researcher/andreas-bergh/

No 1540, Working Paper Series from Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Abstract: This paper examines income and employment outcomes for immigrants in Sweden’s most immigrant-dense neighbourhoods between 1998 and 2022. While relative employment among immigrants has improved, relative incomes in these neighbourhoods have stagnated or declined. The most plausible explanation for the persisting income gap and the shrinking employment gap between immigrant-dense and other neighbourhoods is that immigrants in immigrant-dense neighbourhoods are increasingly channelled into non-standard employment. If we look at all immigrants, regardless of where they live, gaps between immigrants and natives are shrinking, both in terms of income and employment. Reconciling these patterns, we show that individuals in immigrant-dense neighbourhoods who enter employment are more likely to relocate to other areas.

Keywords: Immigrant integration; Labour market outcomes; Non-standard employment; Immigrant-dense neighbourhoods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2025-11-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab and nep-mig
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