This paper focuses on the migrant pay gap in Spain. Going beyond descriptive evidence of the differences between … main parts: base wage and wage supplements. Then we decompose the migrant wage gap into the explained and the unexplained … effect is more pronounced when only men are considered. These findings offer a new perspective on the migrant pay gap in …

During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or … employment and wage of natives. I use a modified shift-share instrument based on past settlements to claim causality. Employment … effects were driven by increased entries to employment, while wage effects were limited to natives that were already employed …