Labour Market Disadvantages of Second-Generation Turks and Moroccans in the Netherlands: Before and during the Great Recession

Journal article

This study uses two waves of panel data to examine the labour market integration of children of Moroccan and Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands. The data show a persisting educational attainment gap in terms of high school completion and post‐secondary attendance. The analyses of prime working‐age respondents indicate substantial ethnic penalties that accrue from the hiring process: controlling for educational background and demographics, the youngest cohort of the second generation is less likely to have employment than the native Dutch. We improve on earlier research on ethnic penalties in the Dutch labour market by including measures of precarious work – the chance of avoiding of non‐contracted work – and by comparing minorities’ standing in a pre‐recession (2009) and a peak‐recession (2013) labour market. The results indicate increasing employment disadvantages for both second‐generation groups at a time of labour surplus.

Authors: Witteveen, D; Alba, R

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Wiley
• Journal: International Migration
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 97-116
• Publication date: 2017-12-01
• Acceptance date: 2019-12-19
• DOI: 10.1111/imig.12411
• EISSN: 1468-2435
• ISSN: 0020-7985
• Keywords: FFR