Unemployment of Non-Western Immigrants in the Great Recession
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | ECONOMIST-NETHERLANDS |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10645-013-9216-2 |
| Keywords | Great recession; Unemployment; Non-western immigrants |
| Description | This paper examines whether unemployment of non-western immigrant workers in the Netherlands was disproportionally affected by the Great Recession. We analyze unemployment data covering the period November 2007-February 2013 finding that the Great Recession affected unemployment rates of non-western immigrant workers in absolute terms more than unemployment rates of native workers. However, in relative terms there is not much of a difference. We also find that the sensitivity of individual job finding rates to the aggregate state of the labor market does not differ between natives and non-western immigrants. In combination our findings suggest that the Great Recession did not have a different impact on the unemployment of non-westerns immigrants and native Dutch. |