Which firms provide jobs for unemployed non-Western immigrants?

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 e...

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Published inThe Service industries journal Vol. 39; no. 9-10; pp. 762 - 778
Main Authors Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov, Johansson, Dan, Seerar Westerberg, Hans
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 27.07.2019
Subjects
Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis
Economics
Immigration
Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys
labor market
Nationalekonomi
networks
segregation
skill-sortin
skill-sorting
unemployment
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0264-2069
1743-9507
1743-9507
DOI:10.1080/02642069.2018.1534961