Pre- to Post-Migration Occupational Mobility of First Generation Immigrants to Sweden from 1970-1990: Examining the Influence of Linguistic Distance

The article examines the influence of linguistic distance on the labor market outcomes of a sample of 5,041 first generation immigrants in Sweden between 1970 and 1990. The article exploits register data from the Swedish Longitudinal Database, examining a population of individuals from 11 non-Nordic...

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Volume:	32
Main Author:	Jonas Helgertz
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Dordrecht Springer 01.06.2013 Springer Netherlands SPRINGER
published in:	Population research and policy review Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 437 - 467
ORCID:	0000-0002-2200-9095
Data of publication:	20130601
ISSN:	0167-5923 1573-7829
EISSN:	1573-7829
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Language Labor migration Men Working women Labor markets Linguistics Language families Scope of employment Language skills Human migration Population Economics First generation immigrants Demography Occupational mobility Linguistic distance Sweden, 1970–1990 Social Sciences, general Sociology, general Pre-migration characteristics Social Sciences Labor market Immigrants Analysis Samhällsvetenskap Economics and Business Sweden Economic History 1970-1990 Ekonomi och näringsliv Ekonomisk historia First generation immigrants ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ABILITY Occupational mobility DISADVANTAGE SKILLS EARNINGS CLASSIFICATION SEGREGATION LABOR-MARKET Sweden, 1970-1990 Pre-migration characteristics WOMEN Linguistic distance COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN US IMMIGRANTS
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