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 …

three or fewer years, but then reaches a level after which there is little variation by duration of residence. Unemployment …

semiparametric proportional hazard model for discrete duration data. Our data consists of a sample of return migrants from six … migration networks on optimal migration duration is ambiguous. We investigate the determinants of migration duration using a … villages in Egypt. Controlling for human capital and demographic characteristics of the migrants and economic indicators of the …