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Fewer male immigrants unemployed
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Registered unemployed among immigrants (discontinued in Statistics Norway)Q3 2011

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Fewer male immigrants unemployed

Registered unemployment among immigrants decreased from 7.8 per cent in August 2010 to 7.0 per cent in August 2011. In the rest of the population, this rate decreased from 2.3 to 2.2 per cent.

The decrease only occurred among men. The unemployment rate was almost unchanged among women. We can observe this tendency both within the immigrant group and the population as a whole. Men from the EU countries in Eastern Europe experienced the strongest decrease.

Male immigrants had a decline of 1.5 percentage points, while female immigrants experienced a marginal growth in the unemployment rate of 0.1 percentage point. We can also observe the same tendency in the rest of the population; a decline of 0.3 percentage points among men and a stable rate among the women. This tendency is due to the fall in unemployment in the male dominated occupations within construction and manufacturing, while there is some growth in the female dominated occupations in the public sector. Hence, the unemployment rate among female immigrants is now higher than the rate among the male immigrants; 7.6 versus 6.6 per cent. In the whole population, men still have the highest rate; 2.3 versus 2.0 per cent among women.

Immigrants are defined as being born abroad by foreign-born parents, and they are all registered as residents in Norway. Among the registered unemployed, some non-registered residents are also included. These people are settled abroad and are expected to stay in Norway less than six months. This group is not included among the immigrants but is a part of the rest of the population. See the table below on this page for further information. The unemployment figures are based on the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation’s register of jobseekers and are calculated as a fraction of the labour force. Norwegian-born to immigrant parents (previously referred to as “descendants”) are not counted as immigrants.

Strongest decrease among immigrants from Eastern EU countries

Immigrants from the EU countries in Eastern Europe had the strongest decrease in the unemployment rate; of 2 percentage points from the 3rd quarter of 2010 to the 3rd quarter of 2011. The other immigrant groups had declines between 0.1 and 0.6 percentage points.

Immigrants who are registered unemployed as a percentage of the labour force by county of residence. At the end of August 2011

Immigrants from Africa still had the highest level in the third quarter of 2011, at 14.4 per cent. Then came immigrants from Asia with an unemployment rate of 9.1 per cent. Immigrants from Eastern Europe outside the EU and Latin America had almost equal rates; 7.5 and 7.4 per cent respectively, while the group from the EU countries in Eastern Europe had a rate of 6.8 per cent. As usual, there is a gap to the groups from the Nordic countries and Western Europe, which have considerably lower unemployment rates; 2.8 and 3.0 per cent respectively. The smallest immigrant group, those from North America and Oceania, also had a low rate at 2.9 per cent.

The high level of unemployment among Africans is partly due to the dominance of refugees within this group. African immigrants have for several years had the highest registered unemployment rate irrespective of the economic cycles.

Some increase among participants on labour market schemes

The number of immigrants on ordinary labour market schemes (job programmes) increased from

4 290 in August 2010 to 5 290 in August 2011, i.e. an increase of 1 000 participants. When looking at the rates of unemployed and participants on labour market schemes put together, there is still a declining tendency among the immigrants during the relevant period. Among non-immigrants, the number of participants increased from 5 970 to 6 500; an increase of 530 participants. More than 45 per cent of the participants were immigrants. The largest groups among them came from Asia and Africa.

Also decrease among Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

Norwegian-born to immigrant parents is still a rather small group of unemployed. This group constituted 820 registered unemployed in August 2011. The majority within this group are aged 15-29 years, and the unemployment rate among them was 5.0 per cent, which was 1.4 percentage points higher than the corresponding age group in the majority population (at 3.6 per cent), but 2.8 percentage points below the immigrant group at the same age (at 7.8 per cent). Of these three young population groups, the Norwegian-born to immigrant parents had the strongest decline since August 2010, of 1.0 percentage point.

Registered unemployed, by resident status. By the end of August 2010 and 2011
  August 2010 August 2011 Change 2010-2011
Registered unemployed in total 76 101 71 344 -4 757
       
Unemployed registered as residents 74 658 70 014 4 644
Of which      
Immigrants 22 650 22 149 -501
The rest of the population 52 008 47 865 -4 143
Unemployed not registered as residents 1 443 1 330 -113

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