This paper explores the impact of Spanish language proficiency on immigrant earnings in Spain using an instrumental variable quantile regression approach. The impact is on average roughly 17.2% but varies substantially across the earning distribution. The return to destination language...

Über die Erwerbsverläufe und die Verdienste von Migranten vor dem Zuzug nach Deutschland ist bislang aufgrund der Datenlage wenig bekannt. Die neue IAB-SOEP-Migrationsstichprobe schließt nicht nur diese Lücke, sie stellt auch umfassende Informationen zu den Determinanten der...

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

We assess the differences in downward nominal and real wage rigidity between natives and immigrants in Portugal, using a matched employer-employee database and the International Wage Flexibility Project (IWFP) methodology. This methodology estimates a notional or counterfactual distribution that...