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Immigrants in the economic elite
 
About the project
The aim of the project is to examine to what extent immigrants are represented in the higher income levels. How high is the degree of diversity in the economic elite? Has the diveristy increased or decreased? We study the representation of immigrants among persons with high and relatively high incomes, and how an immigrant's origin, education and length of stay affect their representation in the upper income levels. We also examine immigrant representation amongst the wealthiest parts of the population, as well as in residential areas with a high average income.
 
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Financer(s)
FAS
 
Leader(s)/Contact(s)
Björn Gustafsson
 
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Start date:
2010-06-01
 
End date:
2016-06-01
 
Project participants
Björn GustafssonInstitutionen för socialt arbete
Torun ÖsterbergInstitutionen för socialt arbete
 
Project publications
Gustafsson, B, Mac Innes, H. and Österberg (2017) “Age at immigration matters for labor market integration : the Swedish example”, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 7, 1 -24.
Gustafsson, B, and Österberg (2018) ”How are Immigrant Children in Sweden Faring? Mean Income, Affluence and Poverty Since the 1980s” Child Indicators Research, 11 (1), 329-353.
Gustafsson, B, Mac Innes, H. and Österberg (2018) ”Fattigdom bland äldre handlar allt mer om utrikes födda”, Ekonomisk Debatt, 46 (6) 14 – 25.
Gustafsson, B, Mac Innes, H. and Österberg (2018) “Older people in Sweden without means: on the importance of age at immigration for being ‘twice poor’” Ageing and Society
Gustafsson, B, and Österberg, T. (2017)”Barns representation i inkomstfördelningens topp och botten - har föräldrarnas födelseland betydelse?” Ekonomisk Debatt, 43 (1), 35 – 43.
Gustafsson, B, and Österberg (2015) “A Widening immigrant - native gap. Child income and poverty among immigrants from Turkey and the surrounding region” p 45 – 52 in Sirkeci, Ibrahim, Seker, Betul Dilara and Caglar, Ali, Editors Turkish Migration, Identity and Integration, London: Transnational Press.