Abstract
Whether refugees in need of protection should be granted long- or short-term residence permits in the host country upon arrival is a long-standing debate in the migration policy and scholarly literature. Rights-based models of inclusion advocate for secure and long-term residency status arguing that this will provide the foundations for successful inclusion. Responsibilities-based models on the other hand claim that migrants should only be granted such status if certain criteria, such as full-time employment, have been met, again under the belief that such a system will facilitate inclusion into the host society. Using a sudden policy change as a natural experiment combined with detailed Swedish registry data, we examine the effect permanent residency on three measures of labour market inclusion in the short-term. Our findings are twofold. On the one hand, we find that temporary residents that are subject to a relatively less-inclusive situation have higher incomes and less unemployment. However, at the same time, they are less likely to spend time in education than are those with permanent residency.First part titlePermanent or Temporary Settlement?Second part titleA Study on the Short-Term Effects of Temporary and Permanent Residence Permits on Labour Market Participation
Highlights
Humanitarian crises throughout the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa have greatly increased immigrant inflows to Europe in recent years, which has subsequently impacted upon the politics of European recipient nations
The research question this paper addresses is : What is the effect of permanent residency status on labour market inclusion?
Baseline results - did the change in residency status affect inclusion? In Table 2 we present the estimated effects of residency status in a direct comparison of permanent and temporary residents that arrived in September 2013 versus September 2012 respectively
Summary
Humanitarian crises throughout the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa have greatly increased immigrant inflows to Europe in recent years, which has subsequently impacted upon the politics of European recipient nations. Second part title: A Study on the Short-Term Effects of Temporary and Permanent Residence Permits on Labour Market Participation
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