Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20893 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 58
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies occupational mobility of ethnic German migrants who have entered Germany since 1984. The empirical analysis suggests significant differences in the probability of downward occupational mobility by gender, immigration status, and schooling levels. In general, migrants with higher skill levels face sharper deteriorations in their relative labor market position at the time of immigration, but are also able to reach their original occupational status much faster than low-skilled immigrants.
Subjects: 
Immigration
ethnic Germans
human capital transferability
occupational mobility
job search
JEL: 
J61
J24
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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