Pp. 172-197 in Laura Morales and Marco Giugni, (Eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe: Making Multicultural Democracy Work. Palgrave Macmillan. Abstract There is a widespr

2011. 37:99–115. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Abstract Theories of participation have been developed and tested almost exclusively on majority populations. While the relative underrepresentat

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

Completed: Social networks and immigrant integration

Is it possible to improve immigrants' social and economic situation by matching them with native Swedes? This projects seeks the answer to that question.

Social Science Research, vol. 98 Abstract Advanced labor markets are typically stratified by origin with a majority ethnic group occupying more desirable (high-skilled) positions and subordinated ethnic choices reinforce these patterns. This would be the case if employers were more reluctant to hire subordinate minority job applicants for high-skilled positions than for low-skilled occupations. We use experimental correspondence audit data derived from 6407 job applications sent to job openings in the Swedish labor market, where the ‘foreignness’ of the job applicants has been randomly assigned to otherwise equally merited job applications. We find that negative discrimination of job applicants with ‘foreign’ names is very similar in the high-skilled and low-skilled segments of the labor market. There is no significant relative ethnic difference in chances of callbacks by skill level. Because baseline callback rates are higher in high-skilled occupations, discrimination however translates into a significantly larger percentage unit callback difference between ‘natives’ and ‘foreigners’ in these occupations, in particular between male job applicants. That is, the 

Plos One Abstract Concerns have been raised that immigrants coming to Europe bring fundamentally different social values, affecting the more liberal receiving societies negatively. However, the topic of

Working  Paper 2009 no. 21 The chance of meeting a potential partner from abroad has expanded through international partnering websites, increasing international marriage migration. This paper explores

At the moment there are several ongoing research projects at the Institute for Futures Studies that analyses segregation patterns and dynamics. One of the projects studies segregation in schools. One

in: Journal of Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 45, 292-303. AbstractGroup differences in average grades prior to and after a step-wise introduction of blinded examinations at Stockholm Un

Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 79, Issue 2, pp. 419-436. Abstract Children of immigrant background, despite problems with acculturation, poverty, and discrimination, have better mental health th