Unemployment Dynamics among Migrants and Natives

Arne Uhlendorff () and Klaus F. Zimmermann ()

No 2299, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. This paper jointly examines male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models. Compared to natives with the same observable and unobservable characteristics, unemployed migrants do not find less stable positions but they need more time to find these jobs. The probability of leaving unemployment also varies strongly between ethnicities, while first and second generation Turks are identified as the major problem group. Therefore, policy should concentrate on the job finding process of Turkish migrants to fight their disadvantages on the labor market.

Keywords: bivariate hazard rate models; employment stability; unemployment duration; migration; ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J61 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006-09
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