The Heterogeneous Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-generation Immigrants in Belgium
This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of natives. Using detailed quarterly data for the period 2008-2014, we find not only that first-generation immigrants face a substantial employment penalty (up to -36% points) vis-à-vis their native counterparts, but also that their descendants continue to face serious difficulties in accessing the labour market. The social elevator appears to be broken for descendants of two non-EU-born immigrants. Immigrant women are also found to be... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | Economie / Economics of Minorities and Races / Non-labor Discrimination / J15 / Economics of Gender / J16 / Labor Force and Employment / Size / and Structure / J21 / Human Capital / Skills / Occupational Choice / Labor Productivity / J24 / Geographic Labor Mobility / Immigrant Workers / J61 / First- and second-generation immigrants / employment / moderating factors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26600733 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/303396 |