Age at immigration matters for labor market integration—the Swedish example

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bjorn Anders Gustafsson, Hanna Mac Innes, Torun Österberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-04-01
Series:IZA Journal of Development and Migration
Subjects:
J15
J21
J61
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-017-0087-1