1. Challenges and possibilities for the Swedish labour market Adnan Habibija Research Officer Swedish Trade Union Confederation

2. The Swedish labour market needs migrants!
Population pyramide, 2016
Labour shortage, private and public employers, spring 2005 – spring 2018
Public Employment Service
Statistics Sweden

3. Many job opportunities in ”LO-professions”
Examples of ”LO-professions” with labour shortage or strong demand for workers:
Cooks and cold-buffet managers
HVAC technicians
Sheet metal workers
Assistant nurses
Carpenters
Vehicle engineering technicians
Bricklayers
Mechanical repairmen
Construction workers
Truck drivers
Public Employment Service

4. Positive asylum decisions by population (average), 2008-2016
Eurostat

5. Divided labour market foreign-born – a majority among employed
Registered unemployed, educational bakground (blue line = native-born, red line = foreign-born(
Asylum seeker Residence permit Introduction program
Public Employment Service

6. Sweden’s employment rate highest in EU (ever) Employment among migrants is relatively high in comparison with EU-countries Share of native-born population in EU-countries + settled migrants in Sweden, years
OECD, 2015

7. Sweden’s integration policy
Sweden’s integration policy? - in right direction, but more action is needed
Heterogeneous group
– requires differentiated policy!
In work or education 90 days after completed introduction program (%)
Total
Women
Men
2013 27 19 33
2014 28 20 34
2015 31 21 39
2016 22 40
2017 41
2018 44 29 53
Successful reforms:
7 000 education entry grants
1 100 loans for driving license
7 700 in ”fast track systems”
foreign-born in ”special employment” / ”extra jobs” in welfare
Entry agreements (in progress)
Public Employment Service

8. Thanks for listening!
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