Which firms provide jobs for unemployed non-Western immigrants?. Issue 9 (27th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Johansson, Dan; Seerar Westerberg, Hans
• Is Part Of: Service industries journal. Volume 39:Issue 9/10(2019)
• Page Start: 762
• Page End: 778
• Publication Date: 2019-07-27
• Subjects: Immigration -- labor market -- unemployment -- networks -- segregation -- skill-sorting; D24 -- L25 -- L26; Service industries -- Periodicals; Service industries -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 338.4
• DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2018.1534961
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-2069

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Although the refugee immigration crisis is one of the major socio-economic challenges in Europe, we still lack knowledge on what characterizes firms that provide jobs for unemployed immigrants. We provide an answer by investigating firms that recruit unemployed non-Western immigrants using matched employer-employee data from Statistics Sweden. We find large industry differences; firms active in the service sectors, such as the hospitality, transport, and healthcare industries, are much more likely to hire unemployed non-Western immigrants than firms in high-tech and manufacturing industries. In addition, after controlling for educational attainment and industry of occupation, firms with at least one non-Western immigrant manager hire more than four times as many unemployed non-Western immigrants than firms without any non-Western immigrant managers. Public policies that target industries might thus also influence job opportunities for immigrants and, thereby, the possibility of their integration into society.