Arbeitspapier
Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation: An analysis for Germany
This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive signifiantly lower returns than human capital obtained in Germany. We further find evidence for heterogeneity in the returns to human capital of immigrants across countries. Finally, imperfect human capital transferability appears to be a major factor in explaining the wage differential between natives and immigrants.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 671
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Subject
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Human Capital
Rate of Return
Immigration
Assimilation
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Basilio, Leilanie
Bauer, Thomas K.
Kramer, Anica
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Basilio, Leilanie
- Bauer, Thomas K.
- Kramer, Anica
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Time of origin
- 2014