The Immigrant Wage Gap in Germany

Stephan Thomsen, Johannes Gernandt () and Alisher Aldashev

No 08-089, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the immigrants' wage gap. This implies educational attainment in Germany is an important component of economic integration and degrees obtained abroad are valued less.

Keywords: Immigration; wage gap; decomposition; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-lab and nep-mig
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