Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295374 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 28/10
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
Using data from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey, this paper examines the job finding methods of different ethnic groups in the UK. Our empirical findings suggest that, though personal networks are a popular method of finding a job for the ethnic minorities, the foreign born and those who identify themselves as non-British, they are not necessarily the most effective either in terms of gaining employment or in terms of the level of job achieved. However, there are some important differences across ethnic groups with some groups losing out disproportionately from using personal networks.
Subjects: 
Job search
networks
social capital
ethnic disadvantage
JEL: 
J15
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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