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

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Jussi Tervola

National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL); Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela)

Date Written: December 21, 2018

Abstract

This study examines whether the different selection processes of asylum seekers, resettled refugees and their family members produce discrepancies to the employment trajectories in the host society. The labour market integration of the three refugee groups are analysed by using extensive longitudinal data from Finland during 2003-2015. The results show that, among males, family reunion migrants integrate faster than asylum seekers and resettled refugees. However, among females, resettled refugees integrate the fastest whereas family reunion migrants demonstrate the slowest integration. The overall small differences between admission categories are partly explained by discrepancies in observed characteristics such as age distribution among males and fertility patterns among females. The results do not support the hypothesis of positive self-selection of asylum seekers.

Keywords: migration, forced migration, family migration, labour market integration

JEL Classification: J15, J24

Suggested Citation

Tervola, Jussi and Tervola, Jussi, Different Selection Processes, Different Outcomes? Comparing Labour Market Integration of Asylum Seekers, Resettled Refugees and Their Reunited Family Members in Finland (December 21, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3305032 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3305032

Jussi Tervola (Contact Author)

Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) ( email )

Nordenskiöldinkatu 12
Helsinki
Finland

National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) ( email )

Helsinki
Finland

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