Research project Newly arrived refugees’ labor market integration
A study of measures in the establishment mission and how these affect employers’ recruitment decisions. The integration of refugees into the regular labor market takes a very long time. After eight years in Sweden, only about half are employed. The objective of the project is to study refugees' path towards employment the first years after arrival.
The focus is on the matching between refugees and recruiting employers, with a particular focus on the employers. We study how employers assess the value of various activities: validation, education in Swedish, other education and subsidized employment. We send out fictitious job applications, designed to be identical except that some applicants signal that they have participated in a particular activity. Then we observe which applicants the employers choose. With this method, the effects on employers’ recruitment decisions of various integration measures can be reliably measured. We complement this with employer interviews. The knowledge provided by the project is expected to improve the match between refugee immigrants and employers.
Project members
Project managers
Dan-Olof Rooth
Professor
Members
Magnus Carlsson
Researcher