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Early Labour-Market Experiences of Second-Generation Immigrants in Sweden
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Abstract This paper investigates second generation immigrant's early labour-market performances in Sweden. To study their labour-market success we estimate dynamic transition rate models -Cox type proportional hazards, in a competing risk framework using register based panel-data set. Our results reveal that... view more
This paper investigates second generation immigrant's early labour-market performances in Sweden. To study their labour-market success we estimate dynamic transition rate models -Cox type proportional hazards, in a competing risk framework using register based panel-data set. Our results reveal that parental resources affect not only second-generation immigrants' continuing education but also their later labour-market success. The study verifies that finding a job is difficult for second-generation immigrants and the significant unobserved-heterogeneity parameter estimate may indicate discrimination. As a whole, second-generation immigrants have worse labour-market performances compared to their native-born counterparts.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 809-824
Journal
Applied Economics, 39 (2007) 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500461915
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)