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Different Selection Processes, Different Outcomes? Comparing Labor Market Integration of Asylum Refugees, Resettled Refugees and Their Reunited Family Members in Finland

Published 11.8.2020

Abstract

This study compares the longitudinal dynamics of labor market integration between asylum refugees, resettled refugees and their reunited family members. The labor market integration of the three refugee groups are compared by using unique longitudinal register data of total refugee population in Finland during 2003–2015. The results show that among males, family reunion migrants integrate faster than asylum refugees and resettled refugees. Contrary to the previous results from Nordic countries, among females, resettled refugees integrate the fastest and family reunion migrants demonstrate the slowest integration. The overall small differences between admission categories are for the large part explained by discrepancies in observed factors such as fertility patterns among females and arrival during recession among males.

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Author

Jussi Tervola

Additional Information

  • Peer-Reviewed: yes.
  • Open Access: yes.
  • Cite as: Tervola, J. (2020). Different selection processes, different outcomes? Comparing labor market integration of asylum refugees, resettled refugees and their reunited family members in Finland. Comparative Migration Studies, 8, 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00183-4

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