The Ethnic Employment and Income Gap in Sweden: Is Skill or Labor Market Discrimination the Explanation?
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Summary, in English
This study uses a cognitive test score, the Swedish Military Enlistment test taken at age 18, to identify whether the ethnic employment and income gap in Sweden is caused by a pre-market skill gap and/or ethnic discrimination. The employment gap and income gap are estimated for males born in Sweden with different ethnic backgrounds: their parents were born in Sweden or in southern Europe or outside Europe. Controlling for the cognitive test score does not affect the ethnic employment gap, and for incomes the ethnic income gap almost disappears.
Publishing year
2009
Language
English
Pages
487-510
Publication/Series
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Volume
111
Issue
3
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Economics
- Economic History
Keywords
- ethnic discrimination
- Productive skills
- wages
- second generation
- J64
- J71
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1467-9442