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The immigrant
population in the Czech Republic has grown considerably over the past 15 years,
more than doubling since 2000. The 2000s also brought significant changes to
the Czech labor market, and to the profile of migrants coming to the country
and settling for the long term—not least because of significant institutional
and policy changes resulting from accession to the European Union, as well as
the arrival of the economic crisis at the end of the decade. This changing
political and economic climate coincides with substantial fluctuations in
immigrants’ economic outcomes.
This report,
part of a research project funded by the European Union and conducted in
collaboration with the International Labour Office, presents detailed labor
market outcomes for immigrant groups in the Czech Republic, focusing on trends
according to year of arrival, country of origin, gender, level of education,
and sector of employment. The analysis, based on data from the Czech Labor
Force Survey, suggests that the challenge of reducing obstacles to immigrant
workers’ progression into more skilled employment are worth significant policy
attention. The report is part of a series that explores the labor market
integration of new immigrants in several European Union countries.
