Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232875 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14123
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The objective of this paper is to analyse how immigrants' ethnic identity correlates with their labour market outcomes. More precisely, we estimate the role of ethnic identity in employment, wages, under-employment (i.e., they would prefer to work more hours but are not given the opportunity), three measures of job satisfaction, overeducation and wages. We further explore whether economic downturn has a differentiated impact on these measures. Using Australian longitudinal data, we find that ethnic identity is strongly associated with employment and wages as well a number of job satisfaction measures. We then split our data and repeat the estimations for before and after the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09. We find important differences in the way ethnic identity is associated with different measures of labour market outcomes under different economic conditions. Finally, we explore the mechanisms through which some of results could be explained.
Subjects: 
ethnic identity
assimilation
employment
wages
job quality
overeducation
JEL: 
F22
J15
J16
J21
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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