Umeå Economic Studies, Department of Economics, Umeå University
No 622:
Immigrant Earnings, Assimilation and Heterogeneity
Saman Rashid ()
Abstract: In this study, I examine firstly the determinants of the
wage earnings for immigrants from different countries, and secondly whether
their wage earnings converge to those of comparable native-born Swedes. The
study is based on a longitudinal dataset, and the data refers to 1991 and
1995, respectively. The empirical results indicate that immigrants in
Sweden are heterogeneous, and different income determinants, such as
education, cohort-specific factors and time of residence, affect different
groups of immigrants in different ways. Even after 20 years of residence,
almost none of the groups appear to reach the same level of earnings as
natives. In particular, the earnings of immigrants from typical
refugee-sending countries tend to be much lower.
Keywords: Immigration; immigrant earnings; earnings assimilation; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: C23; I20; J61; (follow links to similar papers)
30 pages, February 27, 2004
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