This paper examines the impact of migrant networks on the labour market trajectories of Bangladeshis in Italy. The … first year abroad and found that migrant networks reduce the probability to be employed. In addition, only close family … ties prior to migration as well as pre-established male networks appeared positively correlated with the likelihood to work …

We study how professional networks are related to immigrant labour market integration. Matched employer-employee data … for Sweden show that networks grow with time in the host country and that their composition changes from immigrant toward …

current jobs in Austria and the role of co-ethnic and Austrian social networks in job search, using data from a large … occupational loss followed by a rather moderate occupational recovery. Although native social networks play no role for … occupational changes, co-ethnic social networks - particularly when used as a stand-alone job search strategy - prove detrimental …