Segregation, entrepreneurship and work values: the case of France

Senik, Claudia; Verdier, Thierry

doi:10.1007/s00148-010-0328-6

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“…Belzil and Poinas (2010) confirm this educational gap between workers of North African and French origin and they conclude that this affects the hiring process and wages of the secondgeneration immigrants in the labour market. Second, differences of behaviour at work observed among the different minorities in France, as put forwards by Senik and Verdier (2011) justify differences on the labour market. Third, the importance of housing: the fact that African immigrants are mostly in social housing and in ZUS decreases their likelihood of access to employment as correspondence studies show.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Private Versus Public Sector Wage Gap: Does Origin Matter?

Berson

2016

Metroeconomica

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The integration of immigrants and their children is a burning issue in France. Governments mainly build their integration policies on the labour market. The public sector is reputed to better assimilate minorities because of its entrance exams and pay scales. In this article, using a switching model, a comparison of the public and private sectors shows that second-generation immigrants are not treated equally in both sectors. A wage gap is observed between workers of French origin and those of Southern European origin. The wage differential between workers of French and North African origins is mostly explained by observable variables.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Private Versus Public Sector Wage Gap: Does Origin Matter?

Berson

2016

Metroeconomica

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“…A French study finds that North African immigrants tend to have a lower attachment to work values than French natives. However, this difference disappears when the researchers control for the extent to which the participants' network includes entrepreneurs (Senik and Verdier, ). A contrasting result is put forward by Koopmans (), who found that stronger assimilation to host country values in terms of general gender equality decreases the risk of being unemployed, though the assumed direction of causality can be disputed.…”

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Why do immigrants have longer periods of unemployment? Swiss evidence

Auer

Bonoli

Fossati

2016

International Migration

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Immigrant groups, especially those originating from non‐European countries, tend to experience disadvantages in the labour market and to be overrepresented among the recipients of welfare benefits in many European countries. In the public debate, this outcome is sometimes explained with reference to migration‐related factors such as weaker work values than natives (i.e., acceptability of remaining on benefits), smaller and lower quality of informal networks and lower levels of psychological well‐being. Indeed, we find that these factors significantly influence unemployment duration in the expected direction. However, they explain only a small share of the overall disadvantage that some immigrant groups experience. We conclude that at least some of the large differences we observed in unemployment durations are likely to be due to other factors including discrimination by employers.

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“…(2002), Francois and Zabojnik (2005) and Estrella López (2003) for social capital; Saez- Marti and Zenou (2005) and Senik and Verdier (2007) for work values and ethnic labor market discrimination; Francois (2006) and Bidner and Francois (2009),for the evolution of informal institutions; Frot (2008) for cultural transmission through friendship formation; Hiller (2008a) for preferences for autonomy and work organization; Hiller (2008b) for pro-social preferences and corporate culture; Baudin (2008) for fertility; Ponthiere (2008) for lifestyles transmission and longevity; Melindi Ghidi (2009) for political ideology; Correani, Di Dio, and Garofalo (2009) for tolerance; Frot (2009) and Michaud (2008) for work values and social/unemployment insurance. We cannot discuss them in any detail, for obvious space limitations.…”

Section: Cultural Transmission and Social Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%