Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36254 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4655
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We analyse the dynamics of employment assimilation of first-generation immigrant men in Sweden using a high-quality, register-based panel data set. It is discussed that when there are significant differences between employment status persistence of immigrants and natives, the standard static assimilation model produces biased predictions for the relative labour market outcomes for immigrants. We find significant persistence of employment status which differs between immigrants and natives, and also across immigrant groups. The static assimilation model overestimates (underestimates) the short-run (long-run) marginal assimilation rates. We find 10-15 percentage points lower initial employment probability disadvantage but the years to assimilation are 5-10 years longer compared to the standard static assimilation model.
Subjects: 
Dynamic random-effects probit model
employment assimilation
initial values problem
JEL: 
C33
J15
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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