Immigrants in Sweden's labour market during the 1980s

Abstract

Using a new database, we studied the earnings of people born outside Sweden and those born in Sweden who were living in Sweden from 1978 to 1990. The results show that relative earnings of people born outside Sweden deteriorated. This is not only caused by an increasing proportion of immigrants from countries outside Europe but also by a deteriorating situation on the labour market for immigrants born in the Nordic countries or in other European countries.

Childbearing dynamics of couples in a universalistic welfare state: the role of labor-market status, country of origin, and gender

“…In the present study we provide information on the labormarket experience of foreign-born parents in Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s. We do not aim at explaining their patterns of labor-market activity (for such insight, see instead Aguilar and Gustavsson 1994;Scott 1999;Rooth 1999;Bevelander 2000;Bevelander and Skyt Nielsen 2001;Rosholm et al 2001;le Grand and Szulkin 2002), but will rather use that information to see how immigrants' labor-market status is associated with their childbearing dynamics.…”

The emigration of immigrants, return vs onward migration: evidence from Sweden

“…Other theories attribute return migration to region-specific preferences (Hill, 1987;4 Income differentials between immigrants and natives have been documented in numerous studies. See for example Aguilar & Gustafsson (1994), Edin & Åslund (2001), Edin et al (2000), le Grand & Szulkin (2000) and Österberg (2000). These studies find that a large proportion of income differentials are driven by differences in employment levels between immigrants and natives.…”

Childbearing dynamics of couples in a universalistic welfare state

“…The present study provides information on the labormarket experience of foreign-born parents living in Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s. We do not aim to explain their patterns of labor-market activity (for such insights, see Aguilar and Gustavsson 1994, Scott 1999, Rooth 1999, Bevelander 2000, Bevelander and Skyt Nielsen 2001, le Grand and Szulkin 2002, Rosholm et al 2006. Rather, we use that information to see the extent to which the labor-market status of immigrants is associated with their childbearing propensities.…”