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dc.contributor.authorBoman, Andersswe
dc.date.accessioned2006-01-24swe
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-09T11:14:55Z
dc.date.available2007-02-09T11:14:55Z
dc.date.issued2006swe
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465swe
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/2729
dc.description.abstractIn this paper discrete-time duration analysis is used to identify differences in the internal migration of immigrants and natives following job displacement. Human capital theory presents us with two hypotheses. One is based on immigrants having less location specific human capital, reducing the costs of migration and increasing the probability of migration. The other is based on ethnicity, immigrants living in ethnic enclaves will have higher costs to migration out of the enclave, due to the possibility of using country specific human capital within the enclave, reducing the probability of migration. The study is based on all displacements due to plant closure or major cutbacks in Swedish on-going establishments in 1987 and 1988. We follow residence up to 10 years after displacement and control for a wide range of human capital and family variables, as well as for labour market status and previous migratory behaviour. Findings support both of the hypotheses; settlement in enclaves does reduce geographical mobility for non-Nordic foreign born and foreign born are more mobile than native Swedes when enclaves and an extra effect on immigrants from living in a city have been controlled for.swe
dc.format.extent28 pagesswe
dc.format.extent794402 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoenswe
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economics, nr 192swe
dc.subjectinternal migration; ethnic enclaves; displacement; discrete time durationswe
dc.titleInternal Migration of Natives and Immigrants Following Job Displacementswe
dc.type.svepReportswe
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economicsswe
dc.gup.originGöteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Lawswe
dc.gup.epcid4682swe
dc.subject.svepEconomicsswe


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