Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities

Harminder Battu; Paul Seaman; Yves Zenou

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2010.07.001

Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities

Harminder Battu
, Paul Seaman
, Yves Zenou

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Abstract

Using data from the UK Quarterly Labor Force Survey, this paper examines the job finding methods of different ethnic groups in the UK. Our empirical findings suggest that, though personal networks are a popular method of finding a job for the ethnic minorities, the foreign born and those who identify themselves as non-British, they are not necessarily the most effective either in terms of gaining employment or in terms of the level of job achieved. However, there are some important differences across ethnic groups with some groups losing out disproportionately from using personal networks. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	48-56
Number of pages	9
Journal	Labour Economics
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2010.07.001
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011

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Keywords

Job search
Networks
Social capital
Ethnic disadvantage
LABOR-MARKET OUTCOMES
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SEARCH METHODS
OPPOSITIONAL IDENTITIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
IMMIGRANTS
EMPLOYMENT
BRITAIN
YOUTH
MOUTH

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Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities

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