Convergence or divergence? Immigrant wage assimilation patterns in Germany.

Autor/in	Zibrowius, Michael
Institution	Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Titel	Convergence or divergence? Immigrant wage assimilation patterns in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Konvergenz oder Divergenz? Muster der Lohnangleichung bei Einwanderern in Deutschland.
Quelle	Berlin (2012), 37 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin. 479
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
ISSN	1864-6689
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Konvergenz; Einkommensunterschied; Inländer; Migrationshintergrund; Berufliche Integration; Lohndiskriminierung; Qualifikationsniveau; Fachkraft; Aufenthaltsdauer; Arbeitnehmer; Ausländer; Migrant
Abstract	Using a rich panel data set, I estimate wage assimilation patterns for immigrants in Germany as an example of a key European destination country. This study contributes to the literature by performing separate estimations by skill groups. Comparisons with similar natives reveal that immigrants' experience earnings profiles are flatter on average, although clear differences exist between skill groups. The effect of time spent in the host country is significantly positive and thus partly offsetting the diverging trend in the experience earnings profiles. Still, wage differences between natives and immigrants remain. They are particularly noticeable for highly skilled immigrants, the group needed most in Germany's skill intensive labor market. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/1