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Title: FIRM OWNERS AND WORKERS: AN ANALYSIS OF IMMIGRANTS AND ETHNIC CONCENTRATION
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2009
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Abstract: This dissertation consists of three chapters examining the important role of firm and coworker characteristics, as well as the use of social networks, in labor markets. The first paper investigates the effect of firm owners and coworkers on hiring patterns and wages. Immigrant-owned firms are more likely to hire immigrant workers. This prevalence is especially strong for Hispanic and Asian workers. We also find that the probability that a new hire is a Hispanic is higher for immigrant firms. On wage differentials, the results illustrate that much of the difference between the log annual wages of immigrants and natives can be explained by immigrants' propensity to work in non-native owned firms, which pay the lowest average wages. Interestingly , though, native workers holding a job in immigrant firms are paid less than immigrant workers. The last section examines the potential mechanisms for these findings. It explores the importance of job referral and use of networks for migrants in labor markets. We consider the theoretical implications of social ties between owners and workers in this context. Firms decide whether to fill their vacancies by posting their offers or by using their current workers' connections.
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Authors: García-Pérez, Mónica
Institution: University of Maryland
Department: Economics
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
Countries: United States