The ins and outs of unemployment and the assimilation of recent immigrants in Spain

Silva, José I.; Grenno, Javier Vázquez

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“…Using quarterly labour force surveys for the period 2002, Silva and Vazquez-Grenno (2010 found that both the job exit rates, and even more the job finding rates, were higher for immigrants than for natives, so that immigrants experienced unemployment more often than natives, but their unemployment spells were shorter. The authors explain such a situation, which is very similar to that in Italy (Fullin, 2011, this issue), making reference to the overrepresentation of immigrants both in temporary jobs and in highturnover sectors, to their lower unemployment benefits coverage and to the high return rate for long-term unemployed immigrants.…”

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Ethnic penalties in the transition to and from unemployment: A West European perspective

Reyneri

Fullin

2011

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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The gap between unemployment rate of immigrants and that of natives varies across West European countries. This article aims at explaining these differences by taking into account economic and institutional characteristics of labour markets and by adopting a dynamic perspective, that is, disentangling the risk of being unemployed into two different risks: that of entering unemployment and that of remaining in long-term unemployment. From the analyses of yearly transitions to/from unemployment, less immigrant penalization results in those countries where the employment protection legislation is stricter, the labour demand is more biased towards low skilled jobs and the welfare state is less generous for the unemployed. Furthermore, the article summarizes the main results of five country studies also focused on labour market transitions of immigrants and natives.

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Section: The Problem and The Socio-economic Literaturementioning

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Ethnic penalties in the transition to and from unemployment: A West European perspective

Reyneri

Fullin

2011

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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“…To our knowledge, only Kogan (2004) investigates unemployment and employment durations of migrants. For instance, Silva and V azquez-Grenno (2011) have studied employment assimilation of the recent wave of immigration in Spain, finding that new migrants exhibit higher job finding and job exit rates than those previously present. For instance, Silva and V azquez-Grenno (2011) have studied employment assimilation of the recent wave of immigration in Spain, finding that new migrants exhibit higher job finding and job exit rates than those previously present.…”

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Unemployment Dynamics among Migrants and Natives

Uhlendorff

Zimmermann

2014

Economica

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Unemployment rates are often higher for migrants than for natives. This could result from longer periods of unemployment as well as from shorter periods of employment. We jointly examine male native-migrant differences in the duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time duration models. Compared to natives, unemployed male migrant workers do not find less stable positions, but they need more time to find these jobs. The probability of leaving unemployment also varies strongly between ethnicities, while first-and second-generation Turks are identified as the major problem group.

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“…Following Silva and Vázquez-Grenno (2011), the hiring costs parameter is calibrated to match a quarterly hiring costs equivalent to 3 percent of nondisabled wages, …”

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Partial Disability System and Labor Market Adjustment: The Case of Spain

Silva

Castelló

2013

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may ABSTRACTAlthough partially disabled individuals in Spain are allowed to combine the receipt of disability benefits with a job, the empirical evidence shows that employment rates for this group of individuals are very low. Therefore, in this paper we construct labor market model with search intensity and matching frictions in order to identify the incentives and disincentives to work provided by the partial disability system in Spain from the point of view of both disabled individuals and employers. According to the model, the high employment rate gap observed between nondisabled and disabled workers can be partially explained by the presence of a lower level of productivity and higher searching costs among disabled individuals that discourage them from looking for jobs. Moreover, the design of the Spanish Disability System also contributes in explaining this gap. We also analyze the role of business cycle conditions in shaping the labor market transitions of disabled individuals. JEL Classification Codes: I18, J64, J68Key Words: disability system, job search intensity, flow analysis. 1 Partial Disability System and Labor Market Adjustment: The Case of SpainIn recent years, disability policies have attracted particular attention in OECD countries because they represent an important source of public spending and also because societies are increasingly concerned about the need to strengthen the integration of people with disabilities.For these reasons, the possibility of increasing the number of disabled individuals who work is regarded as a good strategy to decrease the pressures on the financial stability of the social security systems as well as to achieve the social integration of people with disabilities. As the OECD notes, "Helping (disabled) people to work is potentially a 'win-win' policy: it helps people avoid exclusion and have higher incomes while raising the prospect of more effective labor supply and higher economic output in the long term" (OECD 2007).The promotion of the employment of disabled individuals is particularly relevant in Spain, where partially disabled individuals are allowed to combine the receipt of (part) of the disability benefits with a job without any limit on the maximum wage or number of hours worked. Nonetheless, the country reported an average employment rate of just 11 percent for the group of people with partial disability from 2001 to 2011, which contrasts with the observed rate...

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The ins and outs of unemployment and the assimilation of recent immigrants in Spain

Abstract: Job finding and exit rates, Immigrant assimilation, Search and matching models, E24, J61, J64,

Cited by 17 publications

References 16 publications

Ethnic penalties in the transition to and from unemployment: A West European perspective

Ethnic penalties in the transition to and from unemployment: A West European perspective

Unemployment Dynamics among Migrants and Natives

Partial Disability System and Labor Market Adjustment: The Case of Spain

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