Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level: Migration Policy Lessons from Spain

Núria Rodriguez-Planas

No 53, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms of wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native counterparts). This paper discusses the potential explanations behind this result and analyzes the consequences of this result in terms of migration policy recommendations.

Keywords: wage assimilation; occupational assimilation; education; migration policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J24 J61 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2012-12
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Published - published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1:8, [Open Access]

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