Paths to integration: earnings, skill investments, and outmigration across immigrant admission categories

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2025
Volume: 127
Issue: 4
Pages: 742-764

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Abstract

We document substantial heterogeneity in labor market integration, skill investments, and outmigration across immigrant admission categories. Using newly available data on residence permits in Finland, we establish four facts. First, there are large initial differences in employment and earnings across labor, family, refugee, student, and European Union migrants. Second, these differences diminish substantially over time. Third, the groups make distinct investments in country‐specific and general skills. Fourth, both the prevalence of and selection into outmigration vary widely across admission categories. These findings align with models where investments in skills depend on the expected length of stay in the host country.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:127:y:2025:i:4:p:742-764
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29