Desirable skills? Non-Nordic citizens applying for work permits in Sweden, 1947–1950

Grönberg, Per-Olof; Nilsson, Fay Lundh; Sandström, Glenn

doi:10.1080/0023656x.2016.1086556

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“…In the post-war era, immigration was dominated by labour migrants, while family and refugees started increasing in the 1970s, accompanied by a shift in origin countries from closer to further away (for similar development in Western Europe, see Castles et al, 2014;Lundh & Ohlsson, 1999;Nilsson, 2004). Labour migrants were either recruited abroad, coming to existing employment, or at least migrated specifically because of a perceived better opportunity to succeed in the new labour 12 market (Grönberg et al, 2015;Rooth & Saarela, 2007;Svanberg, 2011). Simultaneously, the increased distance of countries of origin implied that the newer cohorts were at a disadvantage regarding language and knowledge about the Swedish society (Helgertz, 2010).…”

Section: Immigrants In the Swedish Labour Marketmentioning

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The value of immigrants' human capital for labour market integration

Tibajev

2022

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Linköping University, research and doctoral studies are carried out within broad problem areas. Research is organized in interdisciplinary research environments and doctoral studies mainly in graduate schools. Jointly, they publish the series Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences. This thesis comes from Division of Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO) at the Department of Culture and Society.

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Section: Immigrants In the Swedish Labour Marketmentioning

confidence: 99%