Effects of passing taxi license exams

The graph illustrates how passing the written exams for a taxi driver's license affects monthly incomes for immigrants and natives in Sweden.

Income increases over time

• Immigrants increase their monthly income by 47 percent after two years compared to two years before passing the exams.
• The equivalent change for natives is an increase by 10 percent.

Immediate positive effect

• Both immigrants and natives have experienced negative employment trends before becoming taxi drivers.
• Passing the written taxi exams has an immediate positive effect on employment.
• One year later, approximately 60 percent of individuals in both groups have been employed by a taxi firm.