immigrants' growing aspirations and expectations that follow from their habituation to better conditions in their host country …Immigrants in developed countries typically fail to assimilate in terms of subjective well-being, meaning that their … their subjective well-being remains lower than that of natives. This contrasts with migrants' own expectations and the …

Using data from the CPS this paper examines the role of birth-country networks on immigrants' unemployment duration … from 2001 to 2013. We find that networks significantly lower unemployment duration for all immigrants. Varying the effect … of networks over duration categories we find that networks are more effective in lowering duration for immigrants …