Length of time to first job for immigrants in the United Kingdom: An exploratory analysis

Authors

  • JuYin (Helen) Wong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25336/P6V60T

Keywords:

immigrants, first employment, duration analysis

Abstract

This study explores whether ethnicity affects immigrants’ time to first employment. Many studies on labour/social inequalities focus on modeling cross-sectional or panel data when comparing ethnic minority to majority groups in terms of their employment patterns. Results from these models, however, do not measure the degree of transition-duration penalties experienced by immigrant groups. Because time itself is an important variable, and to bridge the gap between literature and methodology, a lifecourse perspective and a duration model are employed to examine the length of transition that immigrants require to find first employment.

Author Biography

JuYin (Helen) Wong

Department of Sociology

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Published

2013-05-24