Do Migrants Get Good Jobs in Australia? The Role of Ethnic Networks in Job Search

Stephane Mahuteau () and Pramod (Raja) Junankar

No 3489, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: ethnic networks; migrants; job quality; immigration policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 J61 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2008-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-soc
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Published - published in: Economic Record, 2008, 84, S115-130

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