@techreport{Pedersen2000Immigration,
abstract = {The purpose in this paper is to survey the course of immigration into Denmark and research and
studies related to the problems encountered in this area. The first part of the paper describes the
actual flows of migrants in the most recent decades. The directly job-related part of migration
can not be identified precisely. A survey of research results indicate net migration flows towards
other OECD countries is sensitive to cyclical indicators and thus mainly labour market related.
The paper goes on to survey immigration policy and available evidence regarding the labour
market integration of both 1. and 2. generation immigrants. Immigrants and refugees are
recorded on average with much higher unemployment and much lower labour market
participation than Danish citizens. The status in the late 1990s points to the pressing need for
policy initiatives to improve this situation. Finally, the paper summarizes available results
regarding the impact on public finances from immigration.},
author = {Peder J. Pedersen},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J15; J61; 330; Migration history; worker flows; immigration policy; labour market integration; welfare issues; Einwanderung; Internationale Arbeitsmobilit\"{a}t; Migrationspolitik; Ausl\"{a}ndische Arbeitskr\"{a}fte; Arbeitslosigkeit; \"{O}ffentlicher Haushalt; D\"{a}nemark},
language = {eng},
number = {165},
title = {Immigration in a High Unemployment Economy: The Recent Danish Experience},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21008},
year = {2000}
}
