A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap

Thomas Bauer (), Deborah Cobb-Clark, Vincent Hildebrand and Mathias Sinning ()

No 554, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

Abstract: This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in German and the United States wealth differentials are largely the result of disparity in the educational attainment and demographic composition of the native and immigrant populations, while income differentials are relatively unimportant in understanding the nativity wealth gap. In contrast, the relatively small wealth gap between Australian and foreign-born households, exists because immigrants to Australia do not translate their relative educational and demographic advantage into a wealth advantage. On balance, our results point to substantial cross-nationality disparity in the economic well-being of immigrant and native families, which is largely consistent with domestic labor markets and the selection policies used to shape the nature of immigration flow.

Keywords: International migration; wealth accumulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 F22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06
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Journal Article: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NATIVITY WEALTH GAP (2011)
Working Paper: A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap (2007)
Working Paper: A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap (2007)
Working Paper: A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap (2007)
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