Novel data on integration and migration in the Nordic Statistics database calls for yet another article on this topic, this time with focus on the labour market perspective. In this article we learn that participation in the Nordic labour market differs between population groups, and that the employment rate is lower among foreign-born than in the rest of the population. The employment rate generally increases with time spent in the country, although this is not true for all the Nordic countries.
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An update of the Nordic Statistics database has been performed, next planned for the end of December.
The Nordic Statistics database has been updated with unique and harmonized data on the topic of integration and migration. This novel data is the result of a cooperation project between the Nordic statistical institutes that reveals insights on the demographic structure, labour market and education among foreign-born and their descendants.

The Nordic Statistics database

Nordic Statistics is a collection of comparative Nordic statistics which has existed and been funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers since the mid-1960s. The Nordic Statistics database contains about two hundred matrices. 

The data is gathered from the Nordic Statistical Institutes (NSIs), the Nomesco-Nososco committees, other Nordic statistics producers as well as international sources such as Eurostat, OECD and the UN. For more details read here.