Liability-of-Foreignness Effects on Job Success of Immigrant Job Seekers

Tony Fang, Al-Karim Samnani (), Milorad M. Novicevic () and Mark N. Bing ()
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Al-Karim Samnani: York University, Canada
Milorad M. Novicevic: University of Mississippi, Ole Miss
Mark N. Bing: University of Mississippi, Ole Miss

No 6742, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examined the liability-of-foreignness (LOF) hypothesis for immigrant and native job seekers by analyzing a national dataset that tracks their use of job-search methods and their associated job outcomes in the Canadian labor market. To our knowledge this is the first empirical test of LOF at the individual-level while controlling for variables at multiple levels. We found support for LOF when job applicants used the rich media job-search methods of social networks and recruitment agencies, but not when they used the lean media of newspaper ads and the internet. Study limitations, implications, and future research are discussed.

Keywords: labor market; job success; levels of analysis; immigration policy; liability-of-foreignness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J71 J78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2012-07
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Published - published in: Journal of World Business (Columbia); 2013, 48 (1), 98–109

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