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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2010
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Ruhr Economic Papers No. 164
Verlag: 
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
Zusammenfassung: 
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 labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive significantly lower returns than human capital obtained in Germany. We further find evidence for heterogeneity in the returns to human capital of immigrants across origin countries. Finally, imperfect human capital transferability appears to be a major factor in explaining the wage differential between natives and immigrants.
Schlagwörter: 
Human capital
rate of return
immigration
assimilation
JEL: 
J61
J31
J24
ISBN: 
978-3-86788-183-8
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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