全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP9507 Ethnic Unemployment Rates and Frictional Markets

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9507
	DP9507 Ethnic Unemployment Rates and Frictional Markets
	Etienne Wasmer; Laurent Gobillon; Peter Rupert
发表日期	2013-06-16
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the US the unemployment rate is approximately 9 percentage points higher for blacks than for whites. Commute time data indicates that minorities face longer commute times to work, potentially reflecting more difficult access to jobs. In this paper we investigate the impact of spatial mismatch on the unemployment rate of ethnic groups using the matching model proposed by Rupert and Wasmer (2012). We find that spatial factors explain between 1 to 1.5 percentage points of the unemployment rate gap in both France and the US, amounting to 17% to 25% of the relative gap in France and about 10% in the US. Among these factors, differences in commuting distance plays the most important role. In France, though, longer commuting distances may be mitigated by higher mobility in the housing market for African workers. Overall, we still conclude that labor market factors remain the main explanation for the higher unemployment rate of Africans.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics ; Labour Economics
关键词	Discrimination Ethnic groups Local markets Matching model
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9507
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/538343
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Etienne Wasmer,Laurent Gobillon,Peter Rupert. DP9507 Ethnic Unemployment Rates and Frictional Markets. 2013.