Integration Policies In Spain And Sweden: Do They Matter For Migrants' Economic Integration And Socio-Cultural Participation?

Autor: Eleftherios Giovanis, Sacit Hadi Akdede
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Economic integration
social participation
Economic growth
Cultural participation
Integrationspolitik
Integration
Social Sciences
soziokulturelle Faktoren
soziale Partizipation
life situation
Political science
AZ20-999
economic integration
help from relatives and friends
socio-cultural participation
survey of income and living conditions
EU-SILC 2006
EU-SILC 2015
Migration
Sociology of Migration
Social sciences
sociology
anthropology
Migration
Spanien
Sport
Sweden
Lebenssituation
Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie
wirtschaftliche Faktoren
income situation
economic factors
erste Generation
General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences
Einkommensverhältnisse
first generation
Spain
ddc:300
cinema
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
integration policy
sports
Kino
sociocultural factors
Schweden
Zdroj: Sage Open
SAGE Open, Vol 11 (2021)
Popis: The aim of this study is to explore the impact of integration policies, implemented in Spain and Sweden, on first-generation migrants’ economic integration and socio-cultural participation. Different policies targeting migrants’ economic and political integration, social inclusion, and cultural participation have been adopted by countries in Europe and across the globe for years. However, little is known about their impact on migrant’s economic and socio-cultural integration. We explore the Strategic Plan on Citizenship and Integration (PECI) I in 2007 to 2010 and PECI II in 2011 to 2014 implemented in Spain. For Sweden, we examine the Integration Plans of 2008 and 2014. We apply a difference-in-differences (DiD) framework. The findings suggest that the integration policies in Spain had a positive effect in some domains of the socio-cultural and economic integration for EU migrants, while a negative impact is found for the non-EU immigrants. On the other hand, the results for the integration in Sweden show a weak effect. Integration policies should identify the barriers of migrants’ social inclusion and recognize their needs for their successful economic and socio-cultural integration in the host societies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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