The social mobility of refugee children

The conflicts in former Yugoslavia during the 1990’s led to a substantial inflow of refugees to Sweden. We follow refugee children and children of refugees through the education system and into the labor market and social insurance systems. We also study family formation, residential segregation and return migration among these individuals. Outcomes are compared to those of other groups, including adult refugees. Intergenerational social mobility is also considered.

Published research results

Liljeberg, Linus, Sara Roman, and Olof Åslund. "The long-term integration of refugee children." IFAU working paper 2023:17.
Liljeberg, Linus, Sara Roman, and Olof Åslund. "Långsiktig integration bland flyktingbarn." IFAU rapport 2023:12.

The leftmost figure shows attained education by age 30 among refugee children from former Yugoslavia who migrated to Sweden in the early 1990s. Lines show shares with a given level of education. Dashed lines show corresponding shares among natives in the same birth cohorts (the entire group). X-axes show age at migration.

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Researchers

Olof Åslund

Sara Roman

Linus Liljeberg