Essays about: "Skilled immigrants"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the words Skilled immigrants.

  1. 6. The employment gap between immigrants and natives - the importance of local factors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Salwan Zahroon; Umar Shakirov; [2022]
    Keywords : Immigrants; Sweden; employment gap; integration; labour market; ethnic enclaves; European; non-European; local factors; unemployment rate; share of immigrants; low-skilled jobs; municipality size.;

    Abstract : Sweden has once been an emigration country, but as the years went by and as the world is in constant change, it turned into an immigration country. One of the most debated questions politically and economically is the employment gap between immigrants and natives. READ MORE

  3. 7. Exploring Connections within Documented-non-European Immigrants' Social Networks and the Influence of the Connections in Labour Market Integration, Lund-Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Doerte Cudjoe-Teye; [2021]
    Keywords : Documented-Non-European Immigrants; Labour Market Integration; Immigrants Social Networks; Social Capital; Networks of Connections; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the labour integration of documented-non-European immigrants into the Swedish labour market through their immigrants' networks. Most documented-non-European immigrants face labour integration challenges due to the lack of specific labour skills. READ MORE

  4. 8. “INTEGRATED? JUST LAGOM.” Socio-cultural integration of young EU-expatriates in Gothenburg

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Andrea Šrut; [2020-07-03]
    Keywords : Integration; Expats; Sweden; EU mobile citizens; highly skilled migrants;

    Abstract : This thesis examines aspects of social and cultural integration of young EU-expatriates in Gothenburg, Sweden. It focuses on three areas – workplace, language and socialization – that came forward as the most important sites when it comes to the process of integration. READ MORE

  5. 9. Immigration and competition : Are low- and medium-skilled native Swedes more likely to support the Sweden Democrats when there is an influx of immigrants, compared to high-skilled native Swedes?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Mattias Tajik; Claes Kock; [2020]
    Keywords : immigration; populism; skill-level; natives; sweden democrats;

    Abstract : The Sweden Democrats have gained considerable political success in recent years, as have many other right-wing populist parties in the West. We theorize that the economically weakest and least educated parts of native society are the ones who experience, real or imagined, the most pressure and competition from immigration. READ MORE

  6. 10. Migration and average wages in Sweden : Immigration as a labour supply shock on the Swedish labour market from the year 2011 to 2018 across municipalities

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Endy Abboud; Mary Beniamin; [2020]
    Keywords : wages; high-skilled immigrants; labour market; integration; Sweden; human capital;

    Abstract : With the recent influx of foreign-born individuals migrating to Sweden, this study aims to answer the question, “do high skilled foreign-born individuals relate positively to average wages in Sweden?”. We specifically observe high skilled foreign-born individuals and their contribution to the average wage across different municipalities in Sweden between the years 2011 and 2018. READ MORE