Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240541 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1398
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly assigned fictitious Syrian refugees with experience in jobs with low skill requirements and completed language training in Swedish to employers advertising low-skilled job vacancies. We find no evidence of sizeable effects from previous experience or completed language classes on the probability of receiving callback from employers. However, female applicants were more likely than males to receive a positive response. We conclude that previous experience and completed language training seem to provide at best a small positive signaling value when refugees apply for low-skilled jobs through formal channels.
Subjects: 
Integration of immigrants
Language skills
Job mobility
JEL: 
J15
J24
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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