The Labor Market Integration of Migrants in Europe: New Evidence from Micro Data / Giang Ho, Rima Turk.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Ho, Giang.

Contributor:

Turk, Rima.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/232

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (41 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.

Summary:

This paper presents novel empirical evidence on the labor market integration of migrants across Europe. It investigates how successfully migrants integrate in 13 European countries by applying a unified framework to analyze a rich micro dataset with over ten million individuals surveyed between 1998 and 2016. Focusing on employment outcomes, we document substantial heterogeneity in the patterns of labor market integration across host countries and by migrant gender and origin. Our results also point to the importance of cohorts and network effects, initial labor market conditions, and the differential impact of education acquired domestically and abroad in determining migrants’ subsequent employment prospects. The analysis has implications for the design of effective integration policies.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION SPEED: EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK

III. DATA AND SAMPLE

IV. RESULTS ON INTEGRATION SPEED

V. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EDUCATION

VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

FIGURES

1. Simulated Employment Probabilities of a 30-Year Old Migrant with Average Education, by Gender and Origin

2. Estimates of Conditional Employment Gaps and Integration Speed for All Migrants, By Country

3. Estimates of Conditional Employment Gaps and Integration Speed for MENA Migrants, By Country

4. Effects of Initial Labor Market Conditions

5. Effects of Initial Labor Market Conditions, by Migrant Origin

6. Effects of Domestic Education for Natives vs. Migrants

TABLES

1. Distribution by Country of Birth, EU LFS 2016 Sample

2. Distribution by Demographics and Education, EU LFS 2016 Sample

3. Distribution by Labor Market Outcome, EU LFS 2016 Sample

4. Summary Statistics of Variables Entering Regression Analysis

5. Baseline Results from Probit Regression

6. The Effects of Networks of Migrants

7. The Impact of Foreign and Domestic Education

APPENDIX TABLES AND FIGURES.

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ISBN:

9781484382585

1484382587

9781484382622

1484382625

OCLC:

1076264985