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Evaluation Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, 24-41 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X04270230

Integration of Immigrants

The Role of Language Proficiency and Experience

Lennart Delander

Mats Hammarstedt

Jonas MÅnsson

Erik Nyberg

Växjö University, Sweden

In this article, the authors evaluate a Swedish pilot scheme that targeted immigrants with weak Swedish-language skills registered as unemployed at public employment offices. By sandwiching work-oriented language teaching and practical workplace training, the project aimed at enhancing the employability of project participants but also at alerting them to and preparing them for available training and further education opportunities. For the evaluation, a comparison group of nonparticipants was selected using a propensity score methodology. The results show that participation in the pilot scheme project resulted in much speedier transfers from open unemployment to employment, training, and education.

Key Words: language proficiency • workplace training • unemployment • immigrants


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