The successful integration of refugees originating from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a crucial and important task for Sweden. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights regarding the importance of education attained prior to migration for refugee’s labour market outcomes. This thesis investigates the return on pre-migration education for refugees, focusing on employment probability on the Swedish labour market. Utilising quantitative analysis of cross-sectional survey data provided by the European Social Survey spanning between the years 2010-2022, this study finds that for an additional year of schooling, MENA refugees have on average a 1.1 percentage points higher probability of being employed compared to natives. This is most likely caused by a larger signalling value of education for refugees. Still, refugees have a lower probability of being employed upon arrival in Sweden compared to natives with the same years of schooling. Furthermore, the study highlights the vital role of host-specific human capital in improving employment probabilities for refugees. These findings underscore the importance for policy makers of validating pre-migration education and that domestic human capital programs, including language training and workplace practice, play an important role in the integration of MENA refugees into the Swedish labour market. This report contributes to the existing literature by increasing the knowledge.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-130319 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Tambour, Zigge, Resare, Linus |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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