Abstract
Within a city, residential areas with high levels of foreign born persons tend to constitute spatial pockets of entrenched joblessness. Labour markets in segregated areas can thus be imagined as rather static units. But these labour markets are characterized by high mobility, both socially and geographically, and are thus rather dynamic units. This project aimed to analyse the mobility processes of the foreign born population in particularly distressed residential areas in the city regions of Stockholm and Malmö. Specifically, the project investigated how individuals enter the labour market from positions of vulnerability, such as unemployment and social benefits, and how this act is connected with internal migration. The project uses the longitudinal database PLACE, which covers all individuals in Sweden with respect to both housing and labour markets. Furthermore, the project conducts a qualitative interview study with both residents in distressed neighbourhoods, and migrants who previously lived in these areas.
Participating Researchers:
Charlotta Hedberg and Tiit Tammaru (University of Tartu)
Publications:
- Hedberg, Charlotta and Tammaru, Titt (2013), 'Neighbourhood effects' and 'city effects': The entry of newly arrived immigrants into the labour market. Urban Studies 50(6).
- Hedberg, Charlotta (2009), Entrance, exit and exclusion: Labour market flows of foreign born adults in Swedish ‘divided cities’. Urban Studies 46(11), 2423-2446.
- Hedberg, Charlotta (2008), Jakten på ”rätt” adress överdriven. Invandrare och Minoriteter 2-3: 25-27. Temanummer: Livskarriärer.
- Hedberg, Charlotta (2005), Geografiska perspektiv på arbetsmarknadsrörlighet. Arbetslivsinstitutet, Arbetslivsrapport Nr. 2005:21 and Centrum för studier av innovationer och näringslivsomvandling, Uppsala universitet, CIND Research Paper 2005:01.