@techreport{SkytNielsen2001Qualifications,
abstract = {In this paper, we analyze immigrant wage gaps and propose an extension of the traditional wage
decomposition technique, which is a synthesis from two strains of literature on ethnic/immigrant
wage differences, namely the ?assimilation literature? and the ?discrimination literature?. We
estimate separate wage equations for natives and a number of immigrant groups using panel
data sample selection models. Based on the estimations, we find that the immigrant wage gap is
caused by a lack of qualifications and incomplete assimilation, and that a large fraction of that
gap would disappear if only immigrants could find employment and thus accumulate work
experience.},
author = {Helena Skyt Nielsen and Michael Rosholm and Nina Smith and Leif Husted},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J71; J15; J16; J31; 330; Wage assimilation; immigrants; wage gap; panel data sample selection model; Migranten; Ethnische Gruppe; Lohnstruktur; Lohndifferenzierung; Qualifikation; Soziale Integration; Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung; Sch\"{a}tzung; D\"{a}nemark},
language = {eng},
number = {365},
title = {Qualifications, Discrimination, or Assimilation? An Extended Framework for Analysing Immigrant Wage Gaps},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21225},
year = {2001}
}
