International graduates in Sweden. The role of high-tech sectors, analytical knowledge and cultural distance
研究了2003至2014年间国际毕业生在瑞典的职业生涯起点，发现他们比瑞典毕业生更可能进入高科技制造业和服务业，以及扩张中的低知识密集型服务业，尤其来自文化距离较远国家的毕业生。
This paper analyzes the career paths of international students in Sweden after graduation. By matching individual data on international graduates with information about their employers, we analyse the sectors in which they began their careers in Sweden after graduation between 2003 and 2014. We propose that international graduates find better job opportunities in firms operating in sectors that require a higher level of analytical knowledge and in expanding sectors with a higher demand for skilled workers. Our findings indicate that international graduates are more likely than Swedish graduates to work in high-tech sectors, both in manufacturing and services, as well as in expanding low-knowledge-intensity service sectors. These findings apply mainly to international graduates from more culturally distant foreign countries.