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The Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Germany
Robert C. M. Beyer
The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries, with good German language skills, and with a German degree, and larger for others. The gap declines gradually over time. Less success in obtaining jobs with higher occupational autonomy explains half of the wage gap. Immigrants are also initially less likely to participate in the labor market and more likely to be unemployed. While participation fully converges after 20 years, immigrants always remain more likely to be unemployed than the native labor force.
Keywords:
WP; skill downgrading; real wage; gap of immigrant; immigrants' wages catch-up; wage performance; migration; Germany; labor market; wages; unemployment; participation; Mincer-type wage equation; regression output; wage distribution; wage benefit; immigrants matter; Wage gap; Labor markets; Southern Europe