Arbetskraftsinvandring – vägar framåt

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Sverige är ett litet land i utkanten av Europa. Den svenska ekonomin är exportberoende och den långsiktiga konkurrenskraften bestäms av näringslivets innovationsförmåga och tillgång till kompetent arbetskraft. I denna rapport diskuterar nationalekonomen Patrick Joyce de hinder som bromsar arbetskraftsinvandring från tredje land till Sverige – han föreslår även åtgärder för att minska dem. Joyce beskriver även omfattningen av arbetskraftsinvandringen till Sverige, fördelningen mellan olika yrken och arbetskraftsinvandringens betydelse för samhällsekonomin.

Ratio Working Paper No. 350: A quickly transforming labour market

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Uddén Sonnegård, E.

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2021

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The Covid-19 pandemic has made it clear that the labour market situation can change
extremely rapidly when there is an unexpected exogenous shock to the economy. Even
though the transformation of the labour market as a result of the development of ICT
(Information Communication Technology) industries facilitates more-flexible
conditions, it is now more important than ever for EU Member States to improve the
functioning of their labour markets. Member States need to increase possibilities for
training and retraining throughout peoples’ working lives in order to smooth the
transformation into a digital world of work.

A Literature Review of the Nexus between Migration and Internationalization

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Hatzigeorgiou, A. & Lodefalk, M.

Publication year

2021

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Journal of International Trade & Economic Development

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Protectionism and anti-globalization tides have been rising already before the COVID-19 pandemic, with Brexit and the China-U.S. trade war, as two examples. A continued disruption to global trade, investment and value chains could worsen global development. Economic recovery will require restoring firms’ ability to trade, offshore and invest globally. To achieve this, it will be useful to understand the role of migration for foreign trade, investment and other aspects of internationalization. In this paper we review and discuss over 100 papers published about migrants’ roles on international trade, foreign direct investment and offshoring. Although the evidence suggests that migration facilitates trade and internationalization, we also note substantial gaps and inconsistencies in the existing literature. The aim of this paper is to encourage further research and assist policymakers in their efforts to promote economic recovery including internationalization.

Ratio Working Paper No. 341: Recruitment of scarce competences to rural regions: Policies to promote recruitment

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Nyström, K.

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2020

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This paper studies the perceived difficulty of recruiting scarce competences to rural regions. Furthermore, the role of policy in facilitating and enhancing recruitment to and better skills matching in rural regions is discussed. Based on a survey targeted to the business sections in Swedish municipalities, the results show that recruitment is perceived to be difficult in both rural and non-rural regions. However, recruitment problems in the public sector are more pronounced in rural municipalities. Nevertheless, recruitment to the public and business sectors are perceived to be equally difficult in rural regions. Both rural municipalities and non-rural municipalities state that the difficulty of recruiting the right skills results in a lack of skills matching and constitutes an obstacle to growth. Which policies can help remedy recruitment problems in rural regions? The pecuniary incentive of writing off student debt is perceived to be the most promising policy, but respondents also believe that non-pecuniary support such as relocation support for accompanying persons and tandem recruitment should be implemented to a greater extent. Finally, the need for flexibility and policies that can be adapted to the regional demand for labour are stressed. This regards for example the adaption of education programmes to local needs and rules and regulations.

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