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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2021
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 10/21
Verlag: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Zusammenfassung: 
Higher price levels in the destination relative to the origin increase the effective real wages of immigrants, thereby affecting immigrants' reservation and entry wages as well as their subsequent career trajectories. Based on micro-level longitudinal administrative data from Germany and exploiting within-country and across-cohort variations in the real exchange rate (RER) between Germany and countries that newly joined the European Union in the 2000s, we find that immigrants arriving with high RERs initially settle for lower paying jobs than comparable immigrants arriving with low RERs. In subsequent periods, however, wages of high RER arrivals catch up to that of their low RER counterparts, convergence achieved primarily through changes to better paying occupations and firms. Our findings thus point to the persistent regional price differences as one possible reason for immigrants' downgrading, with implications for immigrants' career profiles and the assessment of labor market impacts of immigration.
Schlagwörter: 
real exchange rate
reservation wage
immigrant downgrading
earnings assimilation
JEL: 
J24
J31
J61
O15
O24
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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