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Integration of unemployed immigrants into the labor market in Gävle.

Title: Integration of unemployed immigrants into the labor market in Gävle Authors: Ibrahim Adan Issack and Ekaterina Ivanova The aim of this study was to investigate unemployed immigrant’s description of how they perceive the labor market in Gävle. Qualitative method face-to-face interviews were used to gather data. The results of this study shows that an unemployed immigrant seems to encounter hinders and opportunities in the labor market. The following five issues were described as being most important in influencing immigrants’ employment opportunities in Gävle: Swedish language knowledge, previous education, discrimination, social network and family situation. Ecological system theory and previous research were used to analyze the gathered results.  Key words: integration, immigrant, labor market.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-15693
Date January 2013
CreatorsAdan Issack, Ibrahim, Ivanova, Ekaterina
PublisherHögskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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