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Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level: Recent Evidence for Spain

In: The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows

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  • Núria Rodríguez-Planas

    (IZA)

  • Miguel Ángel Alcobendas

    (Toulouse School of Economics)

  • Raquel Vegas

    (Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad)

Abstract

While much of the literature on immigrants’ assimilation has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with flexible labour markets, very little is known on how immigrants adjust to other types of host economies. With its severe dual labour market, and an unprecedented immigration boom, Spain presents a quite unique experience to analyze immigrations’ assimilation process. Using alternative datasets and methodologies, this study provides evidence of a differential assimilation pattern for low- versus high-skilled immigrants in Spain. The key finding is that having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms of occupational or wage assimilation relative to their native counterparts.

Suggested Citation

  • Núria Rodríguez-Planas & Miguel Ángel Alcobendas & Raquel Vegas, 2014. "Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level: Recent Evidence for Spain," Population Economics, in: Andrés Artal-Tur & Giovanni Peri & Francisco Requena-Silvente (ed.), The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows, edition 127, pages 161-181, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:popchp:978-3-319-04078-3_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04078-3_8
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