The Economics of Co-ethnic Employment; Incentives, Welfare Effects and Policy Options
Co-ethnic employment refers to the stylised fact of many labour markets that there is an over-representation of workers of the same ethnic group within firms. This paper presents empirical proof of the phenomenon and analyses the incentives for employees to work in co-ethnic firms. It argues that strong social networks and related high intra-group trust constitute the major reasons for co-ethnic employment by lowering information and co-ordination costs. In the short run, co-ethnic employment leads to more jobs for employees, easy access to labour for ethnic minority firms, strengthening of th... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2004 |
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Amsterdam and Rotterdam: Tinbergen Institute
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Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / J61 / Z13 / co-ethnic employment / social capital / trust / networks / Ethnische Gruppe / Erwerbstätigkeit / Netzwerk / Niederlande / Migranten |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27247643 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86395 |