| ▲ | amoorthy 3 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
Immigrants to any country are a unique slice of the population because they chose to migrate for a better life. Hence immigrants in most countries tend to do well economically (sometimes after a generation). Uncertain that cultural differences are the reason for different economic outcomes you observe. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | seszett 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Swedish speakers in Finland are not immigrants anymore than Dutch speakers in Belgium are, though (the Dutch speaking area also generally does better than the French speaking areas, for a variety of reasons). | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | nradov 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Which immigrants? A significant fraction of native Finnish citizens speak Swedish as their primary language. It used to be the same country. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | inemesitaffia 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
They are usually richer too. | |||||||||||||||||