A relational inequality approach to first- and second-generation immigrant earnings in German workplaces.

Autor/inn/en	Melzer, Silvia Maja; Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald; Schunck, Reinhard; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter
Titel	A relational inequality approach to first- and second-generation immigrant earnings in German workplaces. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Ein relationaler Ungleichheitsansatz angewandt auf die Einkommen von Einwanderern der ersten und zweiten Generation in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: Social forces, 97 (2018) 1, S. 91-128 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732; 1534-7605
DOI	10.1093/sf/soy021
Schlagwörter	Zweite Generation; Ungleichheit; Inländer; Tarifverhandlung; Unternehmen; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Qualifikation; Ausländeranteil; Erste Generation
Abstract	"We conceptualize immigrant incorporation as a categorically driven process and contrast the bright distinctions between first-generation immigrants and natives, with more blurry second-generation contrasts. We analyze linked employer-employee data of a sample of 5,097 employees in 97 large German organizations and focus on first- and second-generation immigrants. We explore how generational status in the labor market and workplace contexts expands and contracts native-immigrant wage inequalities. We find a substantial average first-generation immigrant-native wage gap, which is not explained by individual human capital differences or most aspects of organizational context. In contrast, there is, on average, no second-generation wage gap, but there are substantial variations across workplaces. A series of results confirm predictions from relational inequality theory. For both first- and second-generation immigrants, working in a high-inequality workplace is associated with larger wage gaps. Second-generation immigrants perform better in workplaces where they have intersectional advantages over natives, and for first-generation immigrants collective bargaining protection narrows wage gaps with natives. Consistent with ethnic competition theory, in workplaces with very high shares of immigrant workers, the first-generation - native wage gap is larger. In contrast, increased contact between native Germans and second-generation immigrant coworkers reduces earnings gaps, but only up to a tipping point, after which competition processes reappear and earning gaps widen." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/1