Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35265 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3489
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements. As a result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since 1997, we study whether this increases the probability that new migrants accept bad jobs quickly and then move onto better jobs over time. Holding employability constant, our results support this view. However, accounting for their higher employability, new migrants seem to fare better up to a year and half after settlement.
Subjects: 
Migrants
job quality
immigration policy
ethnic networks
JEL: 
J61
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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