Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147919 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10233
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data from the CPS this paper examines the role of birth-country networks on immigrants' unemployment duration from 2001 to 2013. We find that networks significantly lower unemployment duration for all immigrants. Varying the effect of networks over duration categories we find that networks are more effective in lowering duration for immigrants unemployed for 1-2 months than immigrants who are unemployed for longer periods and this effect is further strengthened during the post recession period. This supports the Calvo-Armengol and Jackson hypothesis which posits that longer the agent is unemployed, less effective are her social networks in job search. Our findings are robust to different specifications.
Subjects: 
social networks
immigrants
unemployment duration
Great Recession
JEL: 
J61
J64
D10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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