capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that … returns than human capital obtained in Germany. We further nd evidence for heterogeneity in the returns to human capital of …

dramatic rise in West German wage inequality. Our estimates suggest that the increasing variability of West German wages has …-match component of wage variation is small and stable over time. Decomposing changes in mean wages between different education groups …