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Table 10 Characteristics for 2008 refugee neighbourhoods

From: Labour market integration of refugees and the importance of the neighbourhood: Norwegian quasi-experimental evidence

 

In-sample neighbourhoods with settlement

All

Mean

SD

p10

p25

p50

p75

p90

Mean

Difference

LFP rate (16–74 years), %

81.38

6.02

73.86

78.38

82.19

85.45

87.96

81.33

− 0.04    

Non-western residents, %

8.98

9.48

1.87

3.56

6.23

10.77

18.28

5.01

− 3.97***

Higher education, %

30.66

12.85

16.54

21.26

28.18

37.65

49.43

26.17

− 4.49***

SA-recipients (18–59 years), %

4.89

4.55

1.30

2.27

3.75

6.17

9.61

3.71

− 1.18***

Avg. wage inc. (16–74 years), t.NOK

318.01

57.36

261.81

286.16

312.52

344.67

386.08

309.19

− 8.82***

Avg. population

639.01

492.24

184.00

317.00

513.00

822.00

1225.00

339.02

− 299.98***

Observations

3209

      

13,820

 
  1. * \(p<0.1\), ** \(p<0.05\), *** \(p<0.01\)