Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/325070 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18012
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We document substantial heterogeneity in labor market integration, skill investments, and outmigration across immigrant admission categories. Using newly available data on residence permits in Finland, we establish four facts. First, there are large initial differences in employment and earnings across labor, family, refugee, student, and EU migrants. Second, these differences diminish substantially over time. Third, the groups make distinct investments in country-specific and general skills. Fourth, both the prevalence of and selection into outmigration vary widely across admission categories. These findings align with models where investments in skills depend on the expected length of stay in the host country.
Subjects: 
integration
immigration
JEL: 
J61
J31
F22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
795.35 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.