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| Author: | Nordin, M. Rooth, D-O. |
| Title: | The ethnic employment and income gap in Sweden: is skill or labor market discrimination the explanation? |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Economics
2009 : VOL: 111:3, p. 487-510 |
| Index terms: | discrimination ethnic groups immigration pay skills Sweden |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A cognitive test score (the Swedish Military Enlistment test taken at age 18) is used 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 nearly disappears. |
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