Arbeitspapier
Do migrants get good jobs in Australia? The role of ethnic networks in job search
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.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3489
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Subject
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Migrants
job quality
immigration policy
ethnic networks
Migranten
Arbeitsuche
Soziales Netzwerk
Ethnische Gruppe
Theorie
Australien
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Mahuteau, Stéphane
Junankar, P. N. (Raja)
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2008
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008052795
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Mahuteau, Stéphane
- Junankar, P. N. (Raja)
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2008
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