Working Together for Integration Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Iceland
Working Together for Integration Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Iceland

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-09-04

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 9264639705

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Relative to its population, Iceland experienced the largest inflow of immigrants over the past decade of any OECD country. Four out of five immigrants in Iceland have come from EU and EFTA countries, although there has been a recent increase in humanitarian arrivals. Employment rates are the highest in the OECD, for both men and women, reflecting the recent and labour market oriented nature of most immigration to Iceland. However, immigrants’ skills are often not well used, as witnessed by the high rate of formal overqualification. What is more, immigrants’ language skills are poor in international comparison and there is evidence of growing settlement of immigrants. Against this backdrop, Iceland is at a turning point in its integration framework, and seeks to develop a comprehensive integration policy for the first time. This review, the fifth in the series Working Together for Integration, provides an in depth analysis of the Icelandic integration system, highlighting its strengths, weaknesses, and potential areas for improvement. Earlier reviews in this series looked at integration in Sweden (2016), Finland (2018), Norway (2022) and Flanders (2023).

Working Together for Integration Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Norway
Working Together for Integration Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Norway

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2022-11-28

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 9264375384

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Norway’s foreign-born population has tripled since 2000, and the share of migrants among the population has seen one of the largest increases across the OECD, mostly driven by labour migration from EU countries. Most migrants from non-EU countries, in contrast, are refugees and their family members. High qualification levels and labour market participation of the native-born raise the question of an adequate benchmark for integration outcomes, especially for the low-educated refugees and their families.

Working Together for Integration Working Together: Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Finland
Working Together for Integration Working Together: Skills and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants and their Children in Finland

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-09-05

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9264305254

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While Finland’s foreign-born population remains small by international standards, growth has been amongst the fastest in the OECD. Finland’s foreign born population have lower employment rates than native-born Finns and women, in particular, are struggling to integrate and face incentives ...

Integrating Immigrants into the Nordic Labour Markets
Integrating Immigrants into the Nordic Labour Markets

Author: Lars Calmfors

Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers

Published: 2019-05-29

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 9289362006

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Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden face similar problems of integrating large groups of immigrants, especially low-educated ones from outside the EU, into their labour markets. In this volume, researchers from across the Nordic Region analyse how labour market integration of immigrants can be promoted. Education policy, active labour market policy, social benefit policy and wage policy are analysed. A key conclusion is that no single policy is likely to suffice. Instead, various policies have to be combined. The exact policy mix must depend on evaluations of the trade-offs with other policy objectives.

OECD Economic Surveys: Iceland 2023
OECD Economic Surveys: Iceland 2023

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-06-20

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 9264663215

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Iceland’s economy is one of the fastest-growing in the OECD, driven by foreign tourism and strong domestic demand. The labour market is tight and wage growth robust, while high wage compression helps maintain a highly egalitarian economy.

Getting Skills Right Continuous Learning in Working Life in Finland
Getting Skills Right Continuous Learning in Working Life in Finland

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2020-02-19

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9264635491

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Skill shortages in the Finnish labour market are increasingly apparent and there are growing concerns about the supply of higher-level skills, given demographic change and stagnating educational attainment levels. Finland’s skill development system must get future-ready. This report analyses the status quo of the Finnish continuous learning system for adults, highlights its key challenges and makes actionable policy recommendations.