This essay studies trends from earlier inflows of refugee women to Sweden. The study uses aggregated data to conduct the trends, with help of earlier studies and theories. The aim is to give an insight into what to expect from future inflows of refugee women into the Swedish labour market. The study looks at women’s employment integration in the Swedish labour market. The results show that women have a harder time becoming employed compared to men. Women tend to take a larger burden of childcare and household work and decide to stay outside of the labour market. Which leads to a lower employment rate at a younger age. Over time the employment gap between men and women decreases. One explanation is that the children become older, and time frees up for women to start working. It also shows in line with theories and earlier studies that the employment rates for refugees increase over time. When refugees have lived in the host country they accumulate host country-specific human capital. The study finds three important factors. Human capital with a focus on Swedish human capital is of most importance. Education is important since Sweden is moving towards the service sector. This means that higher education increases the probability of gaining employment
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-116063 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Järvå Askenberg, Viktor, Sandin, Robert |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| 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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