Job Loss and Immigrant Labor Market Performance

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Authors:

Bratsberg, Bernt, Oddbjørn Raaum and Knut Røed

Year:

2016

Reference:

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Artikkelen kan lastes ned fra CReAM (http://www.cream-migration.org/publ_uploads/CDP_02_16.pdf) og IZA (http://ftp.iza.org/dp9729.pdf)

Summary

While integration policies typically focus on labor market entry, we present evidence showing that immigrants from low‐income countries tend to have more precarious jobs, and face more severe consequences of job loss, than natives. For immigrant workers in the Norwegian private sector, the probability of job loss in the near future is twice that of native workers. Using corporate bankruptcy for identification, we find that the adverse effects of job loss on future employment and earnings are more than twice as large for immigrant employees.

JEL:

F22, H55, J24, J65

Keywords:

migration, job loss, firm closure, unemployment

Project:

Oppdragsgiver: Norges forskningsråd
Oppdragsgivers prosjektnr.: 202647
Frisch prosjekt: 1173 - Work Life Challenges - workforce management and worker involvement solutions

Oppdragsgiver: NFR via ESOP
Oppdragsgivers prosjektnr.: 227072
Frisch prosjekt: 1182 - European Strains

Oppdragsgiver: Arbeidsdepartemenetet
Oppdragsgivers prosjektnr.:
Frisch prosjekt: 1335 - Immigrant Employment Profiles