ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the mobility patterns of the early careers (20–24-year-olds) in the Swedish labour market with a migration history often referred to as the second-generation. The various pathways and career trajectories for members of this group are outlined across immigrant populations of the first and second generations and compared to the outcomes of individuals born in Sweden without a migration history. Our analysis is based on register data (LISA) and the mobility patterns of the 20–24-year-olds outlined over a 10-year period (2005 to 2014). Our findings show that, despite investments in education and the active agency of behalf of the second generation, most of the early careers of the second-generation, apart from the Nordic groups, experience different degrees of unequal chances and penalties on the Swedish labour market, including a higher risk of being unemployed and having lower earnings. We conclude that disadvantages are transferred from the first to the second generation can be conceptualised as a migration history penalty (MHP).
