Har innvandrere bidratt til bedre balanse mellom tilbud av og etterspørsel etter arbeidskraft i det norske arbeidsmarkedet – hva kan en enkel indikator fortelle?

Abstract

caused an increasing influx of foreign job seekers. I quantify regional and occupational mismatch using a single indicator, and make a distinction between natives and immigrants. The indicator shows no reduction in mismatch over the eleven years. Still, 'footloose' immigrants seem, in a certain sense, to have adapted better than 'rooted' natives to the structure of labour demand in the regional dimension. In the occupational dimension immigrants are more similar to natives. With more or less given qualifications, they did not improve the balance between supply and demand for skilled labour.