Do When and Where Matter? Initial Labour Market Conditions and Immigrant Earnings
研究移民到达时遇到的劳动力市场条件对其收入和就业的长期影响，发现早期收入同化关键取决于有利的全国劳动力市场，高地方失业率的影响至少持续十年。通过比较瑞典经济衰退和繁荣时期抵达的难民，并利用政府安置政策分析地方效应。
This article investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment of labour market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find that early earnings assimilation depends crucially on a favourable national labour market. Exposure to high local unemployment rates also affects individuals for at least ten years. To handle the issue of selective migration, we compare refugees entering Sweden during a severe and unexpected recession to refugees arriving during a preceding economic boom. The analysis of effects at the local level exploits a governmental refugee settlement policy to get exogenous variation in local labour market conditions. Copyright 2007 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2007.