Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216401 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13089
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies the relationship between past immigration experiences of the host country and the way new immigrants enter the labor market. We focus on two countries—Finland and Sweden—that have similar formal institutions but starkly different immigration histories. In both countries, immigrants tend to find their first jobs in low-paying establishments, where the manager and colleagues share their ethnic background. The associations between background characteristics, time to first job, other entry job characteristics, earnings dynamics and job stability are also remarkably similar. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the host country's immigration history plays a limited role in shaping the integration process.
Subjects: 
immigration
labor market integration
ethnic segregation
entry jobs
JEL: 
J61
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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