Unemployment decreases among both Swedish and foreign born people in Sweden
According to new data published by Statistics Sweden, the country's unemployment rate is currently 7.5%. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the relative...
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Sweden: Higher employment rate with longer duration of residence among refugees
According to data from the Swedish Labour Force Surveys (LFS), with longer duration of residence, employment increases substantially among refugees...
The unequal(?) burden of unemployment in Sweden during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Using aggregated data on jobseekers registered with the Swedish Public Employment Service, this report documents how the inflow, outflow, and number...
Sweden: Low economic standard most common among foreign-born
According to new data released by Statistics Sweden, the proportion of people in Sweden with a permanently low economic standard has considerably...
Sweden: COVID-19 crisis will lead to the lowest employment rate of immigrants in two decades
Releasing its forecast for the years 2021 and 2022 in mid-June 2020, the Swedish Public Employment Service has warned that those that have entered the...
More foreign-born women joining the Swedish labour market
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment was rising in Sweden. On 11 March 2020, the Swedish Public Employment Service reported that...
More newcomers in Sweden are working thanks to ‘extra posts’ programme
The proportion of newcomers to Sweden and their family members who work or study after two years in the so-called establishment programme increased...
Swedish Labour Market Report 2019
The labour market integration of newly arrived people in Sweden is progressing faster. The Swedish Public Employment Service’s annual Labour Market...
Sweden: Refugees' way into the labour market (2000-2015 statistics)
The insertion of foreign born populations in the labour market is important for both the society and the individual. New data from Statistics Sweden...
Sweden: Not a single applicant has met new job requirements for permanent residence
The Swedish Migration Board first statistics on the new job requirements of June 2016 has show that not a single applicant (asylum seekers) has met...