The current surge in forced migration to Europe is probably the largest and most complex since the Second World War. As population aging accelerates and fertility falls below replacement level, immigration may be seen as a key component of human capital to address labor and skill shortages. Receiving countries are, however, hesitant about the contribution that forced migrants can make to the local economy. Coupled with increasing pressure on welfare services, they are associated with increased job competition and crime. Underutilization of immigrants' skills is, however, a waste of resources that countries can scarcely afford. Understanding the labor market integration process of forced migrants is thus critical to develop policies that unleash their full skills potential and ultimately foster local economic productivity. While prior studies have examined the employment and salary outcomes of these immigrants at a particular point in time post-migration, they have failed to capture the temporal dynamics and complexity of this process. Drawing on administrative data from Sweden, we examine the occupational pathways of forced migrants using sequence analysis from their arrival in 1991 through to 2013. Findings reveal polarized pathways of long-term labor market integration with over one-third of refugees experiencing a successful labor market integration pathway and an equally large share facing a less fruitful employment outcomes. Our findings suggest education provision is key to promote a more successful integration into the local labor market by reducing barriers of cultural proximity and increasing the occurrence of entrepreneurship activity.

Studies of open school policies predict house prices to rise in areas that gain access to high‐quality schools. However, excess demand may limit access to high‐quality schools. We take advantage of changes in Chicago's schools’ admissions policies to test whether a higher probability of admission to magnet schools for students living within 1.5 miles leads to higher house prices. Results indicate that the 1997 and 2009 reforms increased house prices for homes within the 1.5 mile radius by about 4% and 12.6%, respectively. The higher probability of admission for black students after a consent decree was vacated in 2009 led to a significant increase in prices in predominantly African‐American areas on the south side.

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RESUMENLa inflación ha sido permanentemente estudiada en Chile por sus efectos negativos en la economía; sin embargo su investigación es escasa por región, porque ha primado el supuesto de que las economías regionales tienen un comportamiento homogéneo respecto a la inflación. Extendiendo la metodología de Paredes y Aroca (2008) al plano temporal y utilizando información de inflación nacional producida por el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, este artículo contribuye con una estimación de la inflación de los precios de las viviendas de las regiones chilenas. Los resultados sugieren que las regiones además de tener distintos costos de vida (más altos para las regiones extremas que para las del centro), muestran una evolución con velocidades diferentes. Esto sugiere que la elaboración de políticas habitacionales (y potencialmente en todos los sectores) destinadas a reducir la inflación tengan efectos heterogéneos en el territorio y sean menos eficaces de las que podrían formularse considerando las diferencias inflacionarias entre las regiones. ABSTRACTInflation has been constantly studied at national level because its negative effects over the economy, however this problem has generally been ignored at regional scale, mainly because the assumption that regions have a homogeneous inflation behavior. Expanding the Paredes and Aroca (2008) methodology to the temporal dimension