Migration and and Employment of Immigrants in the Finnish Local Labor Markets

Abstract

This article concentrates on the special features of country-internal migration of immigrants. The internal migration of immigrants within the country and the growth of urban centers are analyzed on the national level by municipalities and, in more detail, in nine differently structured local labor-market areas. The position of immigrants in the local labor-market areas depends on their educational level. Urban centers with developed, multistructured labor markets have strengthened their edge over others in attracting in-migrants from more peripheral areas in the subgroup of immigrants, as well as in general. Internal and international migrations are related to each other. The larger urban centers and refugee-receiving municipalities play an important role in linking international and internal migration.