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Which firms provide jobs for unemployed non-Western immigrants?
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Economics. HUI Research.
2019 (English)In: Service Industries Journal, ISSN 0264-2069, E-ISSN 1743-9507, Vol. 39, no 9-10, p. 762-778Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Although the refugee immigration crisis is one of the major socio-economic challenges in Europe, we still lack knowledge on what characterizes firms that provide jobs for unemployed immigrants. We provide an answer by investigating firms that recruit unemployed non-Western immigrants using matched employer-employee data from Statistics Sweden. We find large industry differences; firms active in the service sectors, such as the hospitality, transport, and healthcare industries, are much more likely to hire unemployed non-Western immigrants than firms in high-tech and manufacturing industries. In addition, after controlling for educational attainment and industry of occupation, firms with at least one non-Western immigrant manager hire more than four times as many unemployed non-Western immigrants than firms without any non-Western immigrant managers. Public policies that target industries might thus also influence job opportunities for immigrants and, thereby, the possibility of their integration into society.

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2019. Vol. 39, no 9-10, p. 762-778
Keywords [en]
Immigration, labor market, unemployment, networks, segregation, skill-sorting
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Economics and Business
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Research Profiles 2009-2020, Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-28888DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2018.1534961ISI: 000469991000007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85055576657OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-28888DiVA, id: diva2:1262460
Available from: 2018-11-12 Created: 2018-11-12 Last updated: 2021-11-12Bibliographically approved

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