Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82154 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2003:7
Publisher: 
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala
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.
Subjects: 
Immigration
earnings: labor market conditions
JEL: 
F22
J15
J61
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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