As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age … first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable adjusted wage gap (2.7%), there is no …

As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working ….5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age … first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable adjusted wage gap (2.7%), there is no …

destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …

This chapter reports on the “economics of language” for immigrants—that is, the influence of language on the choice of … destination among international migrants, the determinants among immigrants of destination language proficiency, and the labor … market consequences of that proficiency, as expressed in their earnings. Immigrants tend to take language differences across …

This study finds evidence of wage divergence between immigrants and natives in Germany using a country-wide household … immigrants and natives. Individual rates of wage convergence are found to be higher for immigrants who fled warfare zones, belong … contributes substantially to closing the wage gap with natives. The treatment effect is heterogeneous, favoring immigrants who are …

most neighbors are immigrants from other countries of origin. The results suggest that housing discrimination rather than …Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated … residential areas are more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnic background. This applies to both segregated …

most neighbors are immigrants from other countries of origin. The results suggest that housing discrimination rather than …Using survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study shows that immigrants living in segregated … residential areas are more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnic background. This applies to both segregated …

precarious contracts. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-native gaps are larger in countries with more immigrants … immigrants' chances of holding temporary contracts. A stricter regulation of temporary contracts increases immigrants' risk of …

This paper investigates immigrants' and natives' labour supply to the firm within a semi-structural approach based on a … find that once accounting for unobserved worker heterogeneity immi-grants supply labour less elastically to firms than … immigrants thereby accounting for almost the entire unexplained native-immigrant wage differential of 2.9-5.9 log points. Our …

This paper investigates immigrants' and natives' labour supply to the firm within a semi-structural approach based on a … find that once accounting for unobserved worker heterogeneity immigrants supply labour less elastically to firms than … immigrants thereby accounting for almost the entire unexplained native-immigrant wage differential of 2.9-5.9 log points. Our …