TY - JOUR
T1 - Job search methods and their success
T2 - a comparison of immigrants and natives in the UK
AU - Frijters, Paul
AU - Shields, Michael A.
AU - Price, Stephen Wheatley
PY - 2005/11/1
Y1 - 2005/11/1
N2 - A major issue in the immigration debate concerns whether immigrants take jobs away from natives. In this article, we present new evidence on the job search methods used by immigrants, and their relative success in gaining employment, in the UK. We find that: (1) immigrant job search is less successful than that of natives; (2) immigrants are as likely to gain employment through informal methods as via verifiable routes; (3) the probability of success increases with years since migration. The finding that immigrants do not effectively compete for jobs may help explain why immigration has little impact on native employment.
AB - A major issue in the immigration debate concerns whether immigrants take jobs away from natives. In this article, we present new evidence on the job search methods used by immigrants, and their relative success in gaining employment, in the UK. We find that: (1) immigrant job search is less successful than that of natives; (2) immigrants are as likely to gain employment through informal methods as via verifiable routes; (3) the probability of success increases with years since migration. The finding that immigrants do not effectively compete for jobs may help explain why immigration has little impact on native employment.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=30744475000&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01040.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.01040.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:30744475000
SN - 0013-0133
VL - 115
SP - F359-F376
JO - The Economic Journal
JF - The Economic Journal
IS - 507
ER -
