1) The document examines differences in educational attainment and labor market outcomes between young people from immigrant families versus native Swedish families. 2) It finds that inequality is largely due to differences in family resources like parents' education and employment, rather than segregation. Immigrant youth do worse in the labor market than education. 3) Even second-generation immigrant youth experience inequality from their families' social position rather than their ethnicity. The effects of family background are stronger than neighborhood effects.

1. The ’long arm’ of immigrant-dense suburb? Educational and labor market careers of young immigrants educated in Sweden Martin Hällsten Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Ryszard Szulkin Department of Sociology, Stockholm University Stockholm University Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS)

3. Percentage immigrants in different countries

5. Population in Sweden by country of birth in thousands. Selected years

7. Mechanisms that (re)produce social inequality between generations Family: Education Economy Ethnic background Social Context: Neighborhood School Children: Grades Children : Level of education L A B O R M A R K E T

12. University degree 2007 0.0 1.8** -0.5 -7.1** Second generation -0.7* -0.8* -1.5** -7.5** Finns 0.237 0.119 0.110 0.026 R2 X GPA 9th grade X X Neighbourhood characteristics X X X Family ’s situation: education, employ- ment, income etc. -0.7* -3.6** -3.9** -9.5** First generation Diff. % Diff. % Diff. % Diff. % Swedish background

13. Employment 2007 -1.0 -0.8 -3.4** -4.9** Finns 0.070 0.063 0.054 0.011 R2 X Neighbourhood characteristics X X Family ’s situation: education, employ- ment, income etc. X X X Own education -2.9** -4.4** -7.5** -8.7** Second generation -4.8** -5.7** -10.2** -12.4** First generation Diff. % Diff. % Diff. % Diff. % Swedish background

14. Earnings 2007 -0.1 0.6 -0.1 -3.0** Finns 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.13 R2 X Neighbourhood characteristics X X Family ’s situation: education, employ- ment, income etc. X X X Own education 1.7* 1.5 -0.3 -1.5 Second generation -3.6** -3.8** -5.1** -9.4** First generation Diff. % Diff. % Diff. % Diff. % Swedish background