Arbeitspapier

Unmet labour demand in Europe: chances for immigrants?

This paper examines the chances for immigrants on the European job market. The data represents a one percent sample of the German population of the Micro census for the years 1998, 2000 and 2003 and Eurostat Labour Force Survey data. The issue addressed is how the academic and occupational level of education (participation in education), labour participation, professional status, unemployment rate, income, female labour participation and atypical occupation (structure of employment) of the foreigners differ from the native population. We find that foreigners in EU countries are more likely to be unemployed and are often in lower segments of the labour market. European comparisons of the labour market situation shows that the acknowledgment of foreign degrees, discrimination, supporting measures and the labour market policy have to be taken into account, as well as the (country-specific) human capital, language skills and the immigrants’ participation in education.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: WZB Discussion Paper ; No. SP II 2005-07

Classification
Wirtschaft
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
International Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Subject
International migration
European job market
Immigrants

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Mahmood, Talat
Geerdes, Sara
Schömann, Klaus
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2005

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Mahmood, Talat
  • Geerdes, Sara
  • Schömann, Klaus
  • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)

Time of origin

  • 2005

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