The composition of wage differentials between migrants and natives

被引:17
作者
Nanos, Panagiotis [1 ]
Schluter, Christian [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Econ Div, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Aix Marseille Univ, Aix Marseille Sch Econ, CNRS & EHESS, Ctr Vieille Charite, F-13002 Marseille, France
关键词
Immigrants; Decomposition of wage differentials; Job search; Turnover; EQUILIBRIUM SEARCH MODEL; THE-JOB SEARCH; LABOR-MARKET; GERMANY; UNEMPLOYMENT; DISCRIMINATION; FIRMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.10.003
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We consider the role of unobservables, such as differences in search frictions, reservation wages, and productivities for the explanation of wage differentials between migrants and natives. We disentangle these by estimating an empirical general equilibrium search model with on-the-job search due to Bontemps et al. (1999) on segments of the labour market defined by occupation, age, and nationality using a large scale German administrative dataset The native-migrant wage differential is then decomposed into several parts, and we focus especially on the component that we label "migrant effect", being the difference in wage offers between natives and migrants in the same occupation-age segment in firms of the same productivity. Counterfactual decompositions of wage differentials allow us to identify and quantify their drivers, thus explaining within a common framework what is often labelled the unexplained wage gap. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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