Immigrant Worker Assimilation: Is It a Labor Market Phenomenon?

Kossoudji, Sherrie A.

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“…This figure is lower than returns to experience accumulated in Spain, which supports the notion that the transferability of job experience obtained in the home country is limited with respect to the Spanish labour market. Nevertheless, this result can be seen as favourable in light of contrasting evidence obtained in countries like Israel (Friedberg, 2000), Canada (Schaafsma and Sweetman, 2001) and the United States (Kossoudji, 1989), which points to zero or near zero returns to experience acquired in the home country.…”

Section: ) and In The Particular Case Of Spain By The Very High mentioning

confidence: 77%

“…In addition, analyses that have addressed non-linearity in immigrants' years of schooling show that age and educational level attained could be significant at the time of emigrating (Ferrer, Green and Riddell 2006;Hartog and Zorlu 2009). Similarly, it has been also considered necessary to separate years of experience in the home country from years of experience obtained in the host country, as long as returns to the former are generally zero or at least considerably lower than the latter (Chiswick and Miller 1985;Kossoudji 1989;Friedberg 2000;Schaafsma and Sweetman 2001).…”

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How Relevant Is the Origin of Human Capital for Immigrant Wages? Evidence from Spain

Sanromá

Ramos

Simón

2015

Journal of Applied Economics

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The objective of this article is to analyse the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of immigrants in the Spanish labour market. Using microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes, we find that human capital of immigrants acquired in Spain presents higher returns than human capital obtained in home countries, reflecting the limited international transferability of the latter. This result is reinforced by the strong heterogeneity observed in wage returns to different kinds of human capital across immigrants from different origins and, in particular, by the fact that immigrants with the higher returns to human capital acquired in their home countries are those coming from other developed countries and Latin America, the two regions more similar to Spain in terms of development and/or culture.JEL classification codes: J15, J24, J31, J61.

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confidence: 77%

Section: Introduction and Objectivesmentioning

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How Relevant Is the Origin of Human Capital for Immigrant Wages? Evidence from Spain

Sanromá

Ramos

Simón

2015

Journal of Applied Economics

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“…While some studies define individuals who immigrated before the age of 16 as second generation (Gang and Zimmermann, 2000;Kossoudji, 1989), other researchers decided differently. Among these Riphahn (2005) and Algan et al (2010) define only people born in the host country from foreign parents as second generation immigrants, probably due to data restrictions.…”

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Parental Background Matters: Intergenerational Mobility and Assimilation of Italian Immigrants in Germany

Bönke

Neidhöfer

2018

German Economic Review

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Abstract. We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants.An intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against administrative data provided us by the Italian Embassy in Germany. Although we confirm substantial inequality of educational achievements between immigrants and natives, we find that the children of Italian immigrants exhibit high intergenerational mobility and no less opportunities than natives to achieve high schooling degrees. These findings suggest a rejection of the failed assimilation hypothesis.Additionally, we evaluate different patterns by time of arrival, Italian region of origin and language spoken at home.

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“…A major prediction of the dual labor market theory (e.g., Bustamante, 1976;Edwards et al, 1975;Espenshade, 1995;Gordon, 1972;Kossoudji, 1989;Massey and Espinosa, 1997;Massey et al, 1993;Piore, 1979;Portes, 1981;Portes and Bach, 1980), for example, is that racial minorities and immigrants are disproportionately found in low-wage and unstable occupations identified with the secondary labor markets.…”

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Cost of Being a Mexican Immigrant and Being a Mexican Non-Citizen in California and Texas

Takei

Sáenz

2009

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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This study examines the labor market costs associated with being foreign-born and not having U.S. citizenship among Mexicans in California and Texas, the two largest states. Data from the 2000 5% Public Use Microdata Sample are used to conduct the multivariate regression analysis. The results show that being an immigrant, particularly a non-citizen immigrant, is associated with lower hourly wages in California as compared with Texas. The results also indicate that these costs are greater for those who arrived after 1990, especially in California. Findings suggest that Mexican immigrants faced harsher social context in California in the post-IRCA (Immigration Reform and Control Act) period, as represented in anti-immigrant policies and sentiments. Partly, larger population concentration of immigrants, especially non-citizens, could be a source of intensive within-group labor market competition among the foreign-born workers.

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Immigrant Worker Assimilation: Is It a Labor Market Phenomenon?

Cited by 106 publications

References 13 publications

How Relevant Is the Origin of Human Capital for Immigrant Wages? Evidence from Spain

How Relevant Is the Origin of Human Capital for Immigrant Wages? Evidence from Spain

Parental Background Matters: Intergenerational Mobility and Assimilation of Italian Immigrants in Germany

Cost of Being a Mexican Immigrant and Being a Mexican Non-Citizen in California and Texas

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