Labour market

• the effect of the integration effort,
• the qualifications of the immigrants and the utilisation of this,
• the importance of economic incentives,
• the situation on the labour market for immigrants.

Benchmark analyses

Benchmark analyses where the integration efforts of municipalities and institutions are compared could contribute to continuous development of the public effort regarding getting most value for money. AKF has carried out a series of benchmark analyses of the municipal success in getting the immigrants into the labour market. In the calculations it is taken into account that the group of immigrants has different characteristics in different municipalities, and that the municipal conditions are different. Benchmark analyses are followed up by in-depth qualitative analyses which try to explain why some municipalities make a better effort than others.

The effect of different integration efforts

In order to get as much as possible out of the public means it is important to know which type of efforts has the biggest effect. Analyses from AKF show that there are big differences in the effect of every single effort.

Self-employed persons

As self-employed, immigrants can decide the amount of their hourly wage and in this way it could be easier for them to get a job. For many immigrants a working life as self-employed does not serve as a real labour-market integration. AKF's research shows that it might rather be looked at as a marginalised position on the labour market.