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Highly qualified born abroad

Official statistics of Sweden

Upcoming publishing: 2023-03-29

The survey on highly educated foreign-born persons is a sample survey. The aim of the survey is to map the situation in the labour market for foreign-born persons with higher education, to what extent they have found work and to what extent they have found work that corresponds to their education.

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Major differences in employment between highly educated foreign born and Swedish born persons

2019-03-13

The share of persons who had work as their main activity between 10–16 September 2018 differed greatly between foreign born persons with a higher education who immigrated to Sweden in the period 2006–2017 and Swedish born persons. Among foreign born persons, seven out of ten had work as their main activity, while the corresponding share among Swedish born persons was nine out of ten.

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Title Language Type Date
The labour market in 2018 for foreign born persons with a higher education Swedish Report 2019-03-13
Theme: The labour market for foreign born persons with higher education Swedish with elements of English Rapport 2016-05-11

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