The distribution of Foreigners and Locals in Sweden

This study aims to find a relationship between the distribution of locals inside of Sweden and the municipalities’ relative concentration of foreigners. With the usage of data found in the website Statistics Sweden, we aim to investigate the existence of any relationship between the local population...

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Main Authors: Dutto, Davide, Lei, Duyun
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan 2020
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-47249
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Summary:This study aims to find a relationship between the distribution of locals inside of Sweden and the municipalities’ relative concentration of foreigners. With the usage of data found in the website Statistics Sweden, we aim to investigate the existence of any relationship between the local population size of a municipality against the number of foreigners present in said municipalities, and see whether foreigners and immigrants are more concentrated in more populated municipalities rather than less populated ones. We aim to do this by utilizing multiple regression and dummy variables to identify whether there is a significant extra negative or positive effect on foreigners. The answer seems to be that foreigners are in fact more concentrated in more locally populated municipalities, rather than less populated ones