Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58861 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6543
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
While much of the literature on immigrants' assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labor markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labor market, and an unprecedented immigration boom, Spain presents a quite unique experience to analyze immigrations' assimilation process. Using alternative datasets and methodologies, this paper provides evidence of a differential assimilation pattern for low- versus high-skilled immigrants in Spain: our key finding is that having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms occupational or wage assimilation (relative to their native counterparts).
Subjects: 
wage assimilation
occupational assimilation
education
JEL: 
J15
J24
J61
J62
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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