Search for dissertations about: "first-generation immigrants"

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2. 1. Essays on Immigrants' Economic Integration

   Author : Kerem Tezic; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Second-generation immigrants; educational attainments; early labour-market experiences; competing-risks; graduate employment; calibration; first-generation immigrants; sample-selection in panel data; random effects.;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of five papers, related to each other in terms of study-sample, study-subject or methods used. The first paper is concerned with second-generation immigrants' educational attainments, using the Longitudinal Individual Data-set (LINDA), which gave us the possibility to examine changes over time, from ages 16-17 to 21-22 and to compare second-generation immigrants with a randomly-chosen matched control-group of native Swedes. READ MORE

4. 2. How Immigrants Invent : Evidence from Sweden

   Author : Yannu Zheng; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-generation immigrants; Migration policy; Occupation; Education; Region of origin; Age; Sector; Selection; Human capital; Adults; Children; Patent; Inventors; Second-generation immigrants;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the inventive performance of immigrants in Sweden based on a special database which links inventors to the general population of the country from 1985 to 2007. It shows that the inventive performance of immigrants is influenced by immigrants’ age at migration, region of origin, educational level, match between education and occupation and migration policy. READ MORE

5. 3. What if your world is outside the oyster? : How highly educated and skilled first-generation immigrant entrepreneurs develop opportunities in knowledge-intensive sectors

   Author : Reema Akhtar; Maria Frostling; Martin Johanson; Per Servais; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; first-generation immigrant entrepreneurs; highly educated and skilled immigrants; opportunity development; recognition of business idea; evaluation of business idea; weak social ties; strong social ties; prior work experience; education; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : In the previous decades, immigration has increased significantly from non-EU countries to Western countries including Sweden. Due to different backgrounds, immigrant´s economic integration is even more important for their financial support and the economic growth of the host country. READ MORE

6. 4. Citizenship by citizens : First generation nationals with Turkish ancestry on lived citizenship in Paris and Stockholm

   Author : Constanza Vera-Larrucea; Maritta Soninen; Ulf Mörkenstam; Bo Petersson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Citizenship; Immigrants’ descendants; Lived citizenship; Ethnicity; Integration; Dual Citizenship; Subjective Citizenship; Substantial Citizenship; Civic Citizenship; Citizenship regimes; Turkish ancestry; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The main aim of this thesis is to study how citizens with an immigrant ancestry approach citizenship. The academically popular re-formulations that decouple citizenship from the state, such as “postnational” and “denationalised” perspectives, call for a reconfiguration of the understanding and practices of citizenship. READ MORE

7. 5. Mental and physical health among first-generation and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

   Author : Teresa Saraiva Leão; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Migration implies profound psychosocial and socioeconomic changes. Previous studies demonstrate an increased risk of poor health, including mental disorders, among some immigrant groups. READ MORE