OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
- ISSN: 1815199X (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/1815199X
Are Recent Immigrants Different? A New Profile of Immigrants in the OECD based on DIOC 2005/06
In 2005/06, 10.8% of the population in the OECD was foreign-born, representing 91 million persons. Latin American and African migrant populations increased by more than 30% between 2000 and 2005/06, slightly more than that of Asian migrants (27%). Labour market outcomes of immigrants vary by region and country of origin, but they improved significantly since 2000. In many OECD countries, low-educated foreign-born fare better on the labour market than their native-born counterparts, but high-educated migrants tend to have lower employment rates and higher unemployment rates than their native-born counterparts...
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