Noordveld, Milan (2021) Foreign-born employment dynamics across the Nordic region. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Due to a continuous influx of refugees, students and other immigrants into the Nordic region, questions emerge on the subject of employment integration. Does foreign-born employment lag behind throughout this region? Which factors influence foreign-born employment outcomes? The aim of this study is to find out if employment rates differ significantly between natives and first generation immigrants in Nordic countries, and to find out how immigrant characteristics predict foreign-born employment rates. To this end, statistical analysis of secondary macro-level data will be used. All secondary data is derived from OECD datasets on employment of immigrants and natives, as well as socioeconomic characteristics of immigrants. Most of the findings correspond with previous research on individual countries within the Nordic region or outside the Nordics. The difference between native employment rates and foreign-born employment rates is significant, which is also the case when the data are divided by sex. Differences in employment are especially large between native-born females and foreign-born females. Remarkably, a significant positive correlation can be identified between the share of foreign-born people by region and total employment rates by regions, which is not fully supported by earlier research or other results from this thesis. The first multiple linear regression reveals that the share of the foreign-born population with an EU background is a positive predictor of foreign-born employment rates. The share of the foreign-born population with a non-EU background predicts foreign-born employment rates with a negative effect, but this effect does not hold in the weighted regression. The final analysis shows that the share of highly educated people in the foreign-born population predicts foreign-born employment with a negative effect.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Remund, A.P.P. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2021 10:08 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2021 10:08 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3493 |
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