Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP9634
Authors: Jakub Cerveny; Jan C. van Ours
Abstract: 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 to 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.
Keywords: Great Recession; Nonwestern Immigrants; Unemployment
JEL Codes: J15; J64
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Great Recession (G01) | Unemployment rates of nonwestern immigrant workers (J69) |
| Great Recession (G01) | Unemployment rates of native workers (J69) |
| Sensitivity of job finding rates to labor market state (J68) | Unemployment rates of nonwestern immigrant workers (J69) |
| Sensitivity of job finding rates to labor market state (J68) | Unemployment rates of native workers (J69) |