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30 Percent Lower Income: A Follow-up of the Swedish 2008 Labour Migration Reform
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS). Malmö University, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM).
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS). Malmö University, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4498-1798
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Abstract [en]

In 2008, Sweden introduced a non-selective labour migration policy without labour market tests and human capital considerations. This article studies the effects of the policy change on the size, composition and labour market outcomes. Using longitudinal register data, we find that the 2008 liberalizations of the Swedish labour migration policy increased the number of labour migrants from non-EU countries. Post-reform labour migrant cohorts have on average lower level of human capital, and the lower level of human capital translates into worse labour market outcomes. One year after migration, post-reform cohorts have a higher skills-mismatch and about 30 percent lower income. Migration controls against abuse introduced in 2011 and 2012 improved the labour market outcomes somewhat.

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Malmö University , 2019. , p. 25
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MIM Working Paper Series ; 19:1
Keywords [en]
Labour Market Integration, Labour migration, Migration policy, Sweden
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-12856Local ID: 28993OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-12856DiVA, id: diva2:1409902
Available from: 2020-02-29 Created: 2020-02-29 Last updated: 2022-12-07Bibliographically approved

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