David Miller, Professor of Political Theory, FBA, Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College Abstract States often justify their restrictive immigration policies by appealing to their right of self-determ

Working Paper 2010 no.6 This paper addresses potential effects of immigration on wage income of predominantly low income Swedish born workers, for which the estimates show mainly a positive relationshi

Jerzy Sarnecki - Immigration and crime development at the national and municipal levels

Research seminar with Jerzy Sarnecki, senior professor of criminology at Stockholm University and researcher at Institute for Futures Studies. A large number of Swedish studies show that immigrants ar

Research seminar with Jerzy Sarnecki, senior professor of criminology at Stockholm University and researcher at Institute for Futures Studies. Register here to get a meeting link. Full titleImmigration a

John A. Ferejohn, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law Abstract In many advanced democracies the major political parties have been disrupted either by the rise of new (populist) parties o

The elevated risk of divorce among certain immigrant groups can be explained by socioeconomic factors. Stress due to immigration status does not seem to elevate the risk for divorce. These are some of

The British Journal of Sociology, vol 69, no 1, pp 99-123, doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12289. Abstract The study investigates inequalities in access to social capital based on social class origin and immigra

During the last couple of decades, Europe has experienced significant political change as a result of new political parties that have emerged in many countries. We can see this development also in Swe

The paper examines arguments presented by unions and employers concerning immigration in relation to the Swedish labor market. It also considers how Sweden’s institutional arrangements in this respect

This paper addresses the questions of whether immigration and domestic migration contribute to changes in wage inequality over time, and if so, which parts of the income distribution these changes are