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Table 1 Employment and unemployment rates of immigrants in selected European OECD countries, 2009/2010

From: What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature

Country

Employment rate of foreign-born (in %)

Difference to natives (in percentage points)

Unemployment rate of foreign-born (in %)

Difference to natives (in percentage points)

Denmark

65.6

−10.0

11.8

5.5

Finland

62.1

−6.6

16.3

8.2

Germany

63.8

−8.7

12.2

5.6

Netherlands

65.5

−11.9

7.7

4.2

Norway

66.6

−9.8

9.9

7.0

Sweden

61.7

−12.9

15.8

8.7

Switzerland

75.1

−5.1

7.4

4.2

7-country average (unweighted)

65.8

−9.3

11.6

6.2

European OECD average (unweighted)

63.2

−2.9

12.6

4.3

  1. Source: OECD ([2012]) and own calculations.