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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-, et al.
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Being Employed by a Co-national: A Cul-de-sac or a Short Cut to the Main Road of the Labour Market?
- 2012
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In: Journal of International Migration and Integration. - : Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. - 1488-3473 .- 1874-6365. ; 13:1, s. 99-120
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- This paper analyses the impact of working in an ethnic economy on subsequent labour market performance for newly arrived immigrants. Is it a short cut to the labour market or does it lock immigrants into low income jobs? Working in an ethnic economy is defined as being employed by a self-employed co-national. The comparison group is a matched sample of newly arrived immigrants who were without employment during the same period. Swedish panel data for the period 1998–2005 are used, and the sample is restricted to male immigrants, 20–55 years of age. Using propensity score matching, we find that immigrants who were employed by self-employed co-nationals are more likely to be employed in the near future, but that the types of employment they have are associated with lower incomes. Many continue to be employed by self-employed co-nationals or become self-employed themselves.
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-
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Etnisk ekonomi på gott och ont
- 2011
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In: Invandrare & Minoriteter. - 1404-6857. ; 38:4-5, s. 42-46
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-, et al.
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Intensive coaching of new immigrants : an evaluation based on random program assignment
- 2012
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. - Oxford : Blackwell Publishing. - 0347-0520 .- 1467-9442. ; 114:2, s. 575-600
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- The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether intensive counseling and coaching by Public Employment Service (PES) caseworkers improves the employment opportunities of new immigrants in Sweden. This is tested within the framework of introduction programs for new immigrants. A trial introduction program was implemented from October 2006 to June 2008. Within participating municipalities, new immigrants were randomly assigned into treatment (intensive coaching) or control (regular introduction programs). The results indicate that there are significant treatment effects on employment probabilities as well as on participation in intermediate PES training programs.
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-, et al.
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Lärdomar från bemanningsbranschen
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In: Lyckad invandring Tio svenska forskare om hur man når framgångar. - Stockholm : FORES. - 9789197853224 ; , s. 81-97
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-, et al.
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Overeducation among immigrants in Sweden: incidence, wage effects and state dependence
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In: IZA Journal of Migration. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2193-9039. ; 3:9
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- The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied extensively. Using Swedish register data from 2001–2008, we extend the immigrant educational mismatch literature by analyzing incidence, wage effects and state dependence in overeducation among natives and immigrants. In line with previous research we find a higher incidence and a lower return to overeducation among immigrants indicating that immigrants lose more from being overeducated. We find a high degree of state dependence in overeducation both among natives and immigrants, but considerably higher among immigrants.
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-, et al.
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Temporary agency work and labor migration to Sweden
- 2013
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In: Labour migrants from Central andEastern Europe in the Nordic countries. - København : Nordisk ministerråd. - 9789289326247 ; , s. 273-299
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-, et al.
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The best and the brightest or the least successful? Self-employment entry among male wage-earners in Sweden
- 2013
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In: Small Business Economics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0921-898X .- 1573-0913. ; 40:1, s. 155-172
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- This paper analyzes self-employment entry among Swedish-born male wage-earners. Is it the best and the brightest or the least successful that become self-employed? The residual from an income regression is used as an indicator of who belongs to which group. We find that both wage-earners who receive a lower income than predicted, i.e. have a negative residual, and those who receive a higher income than predicted, i.e. have a positive residual, are more likely to become self-employed than those who receive an income close to the predicted one. However, splitting self-employment into different types depending on corporate form and number of employees, we find that the self-employed are drawn from both tails of the residual distribution only if it is a matter of unincorporated firms. Wage-earners who become self-employed and start an incorporated firm are only drawn from the top of the residual distribution. Using self-employment income and turnover as measures of self-employment performance, we find a positive linear relationship between the income residual and performance.
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- Andersson Joona, Pernilla, 1977-
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The Native-Immigrant Income Gap among the Self-Employed in Sweden
- 2011
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In: International migration (Geneva. Print). - : Wiley. - 0020-7985 .- 1468-2435. ; 49:4, s. 118-143
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- During recent years we have observed that non-western immigrants are overrepresented among the self-employed in Sweden. A reason for this might be the difficulties faced by immigrants in the labour market. The unemployment rate among non-western immigrants in Sweden is higher than among natives with similar human capital characteristics. While this is a well-established result, we do not know much about how self-employed immigrants perform economically compared to their native counterparts. The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the incomes of self-employed immigrants and natives in Sweden. We will also discuss possible explanations for the income gap we find. We use Swedish register data for the period 1998 to 2002 and the population studied consists of individuals who have been continuously self-employed during this period. By performing the analysis on this group of self-employed we get a measure of the difference among the long-term self-employed. The outcome of interest is the average income over the period. Income regressions are estimated using both OLS and quantile regressions. We find that self-employed immigrants receive significantly lower incomes than their native counterparts when controlling for individual characteristics, industry and start-up year of the firm. The income gap is larger for non-western immigrants than for western immigrants. Quantile regressions show that the native-immigrant income gap is smaller at the top than at the bottom of the income distribution. Several possible explanations for the native-immigrant income gap are discussed. One possible explanation is that immigrants have a lower reservation wage and accepts staying in business receiving a lower income than comparable natives. Another explanation might be that there is discrimination against self-employed immigrants that will lead to lower incomes. There can be consumer discrimination or discrimination from banks and real estate owners.
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