The Labor Market Status of Immigrants
Effects of the Unemployment Rate at Arrival and Duration of Residence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3274084 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry R Chiswick (0000-0003-3416-2713, University of Illinois Chicago), Yinon Cohen, Tzippi Zach |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2525087 |
| OpenAlex | W3123903186 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 107 |
| References cited | 7 |
Combining Current Population Survey samples from November 1979, April 1983, June 1986, and June 1988, all of which included data on country of birth and year of immigration, the authors examine patterns of immigrant employment and unemployment. Human capital was less strongly linked to employment status for immigrant men than for native-born white men, probably because human capital acquired outside the United States was only imperfectly transferable to the U.S. labor market. Immigrants had some initial difficulty finding work, but their employment and unemployment rates quickly attained levels comparable to those of the native-born. There is no evidence that immigrants who arrived in a recession were subjected to a long-term "scarring" effect. Immigrants' labor market status appears to have been somewhat more sensitive to cyclical changes in economic activity than was that of the native-born
Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Duration (music) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Immigration · Labour economics · Population · Recession · Residence · Sociology · Unemployment · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Economic Impacts of Immigration
Argentinos en España
Occupational Adjustment of Immigrants in The Netherlands
How do immigrants fare during the downturn? Evidence from matching comparable natives
The employment integration of immigrants in Sweden
The impact of migration policy on the labour market performance of migrants
Evolución del empleo y del paro de las mujeres inmigrantes en el mercado de trabajo español. El impacto de la actual crisis económica
New evidence on the healthy immigrant effect
Effects of ability mixing in high school on adulthood earnings
Immigrant earnings
Annual Levels of Immigration and Immigrant Entry Earnings in Canada
Immigration and wealth inequality in old age
Contrasting Trajectories of Labor-Market Integration Between Migrant Women in Western and Southern Europe
Employment and Occupational Mobility among Recently Arrived Immigrants
The Impact of Social Security on Return Migration Among Latin American Elderly in the US
The Role of Social Capital in Immigrant and Refugee Economic Adaptation
A Family Affair
Local Unemployment and the Relative Wages of Immigrants
Immigrants’ Returns to Schooling in Sweden
Surveying Ethnic Minorities and Immigrant Populations
International Migration, Ethnicity, and Economic Inequality
Labor market assimilation of immigrants in Spain
Employment, wages, and the economic cycle
Explaining the deteriorating entry earnings of Canada's immigrant cohorts, 1966 – 2000
Refugee Youth in Sweden Who Arrived as Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Integration of Internally Displaced Persons in Urban Labour Markets
Relationship between Employment Type and Self-Rated Health among Korean Immigrants in the US
Migrant Network and Immigrants’ Occupational Mismatch
Immigrating into a Recession
Immigrant Earnings Assimilation in the United States
Adult tertiary education and migrants’ coping strategies in the German labour market
Disability, food insecurity by nativity, citizenship, and duration
Work and immigrants
Relative Wages of Immigrant Men and the Great Recession
Consequences of immigrating during a recession
How much can you take with you? The role of education in explaining differences in the risk of unemployment between migrants and natives
The Acculturation of Canadian Immigrants
Immigrant socioeconomic mobility in the United States
Highly Skilled Migrant Workers and the UK Business Cycle
Door‐to‐door’
Re-conceptualizing the economic incorporation of immigrants
Labour market participation among young refugees in Sweden and the potential of education
Post-migration investments in education and job search
Annual Levels of Immigration and Immigrant Entry Earnings in Canada
Cultural stratification in the labor market outcomes of university-educated migrants in Australia
Parental occupation and students’ STEM achievements by gender and ethnic origin
Examining Alternative Measures of Social Disadvantage Among Asian Americans
Job-Related Stress and Chronic Health Conditions Among Filipino Immigrants
First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions
Returns to Returning with Sibling Comparisons
Getting a foothold
The Careers of Immigrants in Finland
Stuck in a Time Warp? The Great Recession and the Socio-occupational Integration of Migrants in Spain
Labour market integration of refugees in Norway under changing macro-economic conditions
Job Security and the Perception of Unemployment among Immigrants
How Integrated are Finns in the Swedish Labour Market? Outcomes of Free Labour Mobility
Variation in Perspective
Poles Apart? EU Enlargement and the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in the United Kingdom
Personal Characteristics, Unemployment, and Anxiety among Highly Educated Immigrants
Immigrant Economic Integration
The occupational trajectories and outcomes of forced migrants in Sweden. Entrepreneurship, employment or persistent inactivity
Return Migration in Africa and the Relationship between Educational Attainment and Labor Market Success
Bridges or Barriers? The Relationship between Immigrants’ Early Labor Market Adversities and Long-term Earnings
Weathering the Storm? The Great Recession and the Employment Status Transitions of Low-Skill Male Immigrant Workers in the United States 1
Selections Before the Selection
Is it Race, Immigrant Status, or Both? An Analysis of Wage Disparities among Men in the United States
Weathering the Storm? The Great Recession and the Employment Status Transitions of Low-Skill Male Immigrant Workers in the United States 1
The Times They Are A-Changin
Selections Before the Selection
Ethnic identity and immigrants’ wages in Greece
The reasons older immigrants in the United States of America report for returning to Mexico
Immigrants' Employment Stability Over the Great Recession and Its Aftermath
Postimmigration investments in Education
Workplace Concentration of Immigrants
U.S. Immigrants’ labor market adjustment
Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK
Do When and Where Matter? Initial Labour Market Conditions and Immigrant Earnings
Occupational Trajectories of Legal US Immigrants
Labor and marriage market incorporation of individuals with an origin from Turkey in Sweden
Cost of Being a Mexican Immigrant and Being a Mexican Non-Citizen in California and Texas
Is the Spanish Recession Increasing Inequality? Male Migrant-native Differences in Educational Returns Against Unemployment
The occupational attainment and job security of immigrant children in Spain
The Earnings of Immigrant Men in Canada
The Importance of Origin and Destination Country Skills for Labour Market Attachment of Immigrants from Pakistan, Iran and Turkey
Patterns of Integration
Dynamics of employment assimilation
Understanding the Perception of the 'Migrant Work Ethic
Discrimination in the labour market
Highly educated immigrants in the Norwegian labour market
Potential Work Experience as Protection against Unemployment
Affirmative Inaction
Understanding the Role of Immigrant Families' Cultural and Structural Mechanisms in Immigrant Children's Experiences beyond High School
Socio-occupational Paths of Polish and Lithuanian Returning Migrants
Of Intake and Outcomes
| Unique citing works | 94 |
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| Citations per year | 3,69 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 87 |