Integrating Immigrants: The Impact of Restructuring Active Labor Market Programs

Sarvimäki, Matti; Hämäläinen, Kari

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“…Since the introduction of the Integration Act in 1999 -which recognised the particular needs of migrants such as language training and the adaptation of country-specific skills -employment outcomes in the early years following arrival in Finland have improved (Figure 2.12). Indeed, research into the effectiveness of the integration plans introduced as part of the Integration Act in 1999 has suggested that these plans significantly increased the employment and earnings of immigrants and reduced their dependency on social benefits (Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen, 2016). 11 While the integration training did not introduce new PES tools, Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen (2016) found that the content of integration training moved away from traditional training such as job-seeking courses and vocational training programmes and towards more targeted training -such as language courses.…”

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“…Indeed, research into the effectiveness of the integration plans introduced as part of the Integration Act in 1999 has suggested that these plans significantly increased the employment and earnings of immigrants and reduced their dependency on social benefits (Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen, 2016). 11 While the integration training did not introduce new PES tools, Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen (2016) found that the content of integration training moved away from traditional training such as job-seeking courses and vocational training programmes and towards more targeted training -such as language courses. The authors attribute the positive labour market effect to the more efficient use of existing resources at the employment office.…”

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Working Together: Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Finland

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Employment rates among Finland's native-born population have consistently outperformed the OECD average for many years (Figure 2.1., Panel A). Contrastingly, among the foreign-born population, employment rates in Finland have fallen short of those achieved elsewhere in the OECD (Figure 2.1., Panel B). Furthermore, while the employment rates of the foreign-born saw substantial improvements between 2000 and 2009, they were particularly vulnerable to the faltering Finnish labour market since the financial crisis, and have fallen by more than five percentage points since 2009. 1 While falling employment rates among the foreign-born are partially driven, mechanically, by the increasing number of newarrivals in Finland over this period, the susceptibility of employment rates to the downturn, may also indicate that these foreign-born workers were situated in the most vulnerable jobs. Figure 2.1. While employment rates of native-born Finns outperform the OECD average the opposite is true among the foreign-born Percentage of working age population (for employment rate), of labour force (for unemployment rate), 15-64, 2000-16 Note: OECD refers to OECD pooled.

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Section: But Early Integration Levels Have Improved In Recent Yearsmentioning

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Section: But Early Integration Levels Have Improved In Recent Yearsmentioning

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Working Together: Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Finland

2018

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“…Several studies also underlined the role of state programs in immigrants' economic and social integration. Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen (2016) showed that in Finland Active Labour Market Policy, aiming to design an individual training program for unemployed immigrants, significantly increases compliers' earnings over subsequent years.…”

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Skills Heterogeneity and Immigrant-Native Wage Gap in the European Countries

Tverdostup¹,

Paas²

2018

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The paper analyses individual human capital, measured by the education, literacy and numeracy skills, and explores to what extent immigrants employ their cognitive skills at work. Based on the Program of International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data for 15 European countries, we document that, on average, foreign-born respondents achieve substantially worse scores in literacy and numeracy test domains in majority of analysed countries. Only immigrants in the Nordic countries reveal skill improvement over immigration tenure. Once we account for both skill levels and use of skills at work in wage regressions, no statistically significant gap in earnings across immigrants and natives remains. Although, once immigrants attain comparable to natives' skill use frequency, their pay disadvantage turns statistically insignificant in all countries, except Estonia and Ireland. The results are leading us to the conclusion that potential for development and utilization of immigrants' skills in the European labour markets is still underused. Immigrants are not yet sufficiently well integrated in labour markets in most of the European countries.

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“…2 See, for example, Sarvimäki and Hämäläinen (2016) and Attanasio et al (2011). 3 Blattman and Ralston 2015.…”

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Can public works programs reduce youth crime? Evidence from Papua New Guinea’s Urban Youth Employment Project

Ivaschenko

Naidoo

Newhouse

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IZA J Develop Migration

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Integrating Immigrants: The Impact of Restructuring Active Labor Market Programs

Cited by 97 publications

References 31 publications

Working Together: Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Finland

Working Together: Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Finland

Skills Heterogeneity and Immigrant-Native Wage Gap in the European Countries

Can public works programs reduce youth crime? Evidence from Papua New Guinea’s Urban Youth Employment Project

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