Hit Twice? Danish Evidence on the Double-Negative Effect on the Wages of Immigrant Women

Nina Smith, Michael Rosholm and Helena Nielsen

No 2502, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate whether there is a double-negative effect on the wages of immigrant women in Denmark stemming from a negative effect from both gender and foreign country of origin. We estimate separate wage equations for Danes and a number of immigrant groups correcting for sample selection and individual specific effects. Based on a Danish panel of register data, we find that all women are affected by a substantial gender discrimination in wages, but only Pakistani women experience a double-negative effect.

Keywords: Double-negative effect; Wage assimilation; Immigrants; Gender wage gap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J16 J31 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-07
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