compared to other non-western immigrants but they still suffer from high unemployment. The study also documents that the …. -- Immigrants ; employment ; unemployment ; job quality …

This paper uses data for the UK and the Netherlands (1983q4-2011q4) to test if hysteresis occurs in these economics … supply-variables affect unemployment in the long-run. Further we also investigate the impact of different supply and demand …-shock on long-term unemployment. Our findings suggest that there is hysteresis in both countries, and that it happens through …

growth. This is combined with a detailed model of the labor market, to include the interaction with low-skilled unemployment …. The empirical relevance of some crucial model assumptions is shown to hold for the Netherlands, 1973–2007. The conclusions …