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Immigrant wage differentials, ethnicity and occupational segregation
Author(s) -
Elliott Robert J. R.,
Lindley Joanne K.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-985x.2007.00535.x
Subject(s) - earnings , ethnic group , disadvantage , immigration , wage , white (mutation) , human capital , demographic economics , occupational mobility , differential (mechanical device) , labour economics , economics , geography , political science , economic growth , biochemistry , chemistry , accounting , archaeology , engineering , aerospace engineering , law , gene
Summary. We investigate occupational attainment as well as estimating earnings differentials for non‐white migrants and non‐white natives, including occupational effects. We control for the occupational selection of immigrants and compare across native and immigrant groups. Relative to white natives, we find no evidence of an ethnic pay disadvantage for white and South Asian professional workers. Although occupational segregation and other human capital and socio‐economic factors provide a partial explanation for the raw earnings differential, evidence of ethnic‐based disadvantage in most occupations persists.