First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions

Abstract Using individual-level Current Population Survey (CPS) data matched across adjacent months from 1996 to 2013, this paper examines immigrant-native differentials in labor market transitions to changes in the business cycle. The paper captures economic fluctuations by measuring deviations in...

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Main Author: Huanan Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-10-01
Series:IZA Journal of Development and Migration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-018-0127-5