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The Earnings Assimilation of Immigrants
Author(s) -
Aguíiar Renato,
Gusafsson Björn
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1991.tb00036.x
Subject(s) - immigration , earnings , demographic economics , assimilation (phonology) , native born , cohort , demography , geography , economics , sociology , mathematics , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , accounting , archaeology
Abstract. Earnings assimilation in Sweden is empirically addressed using a random sample of native Swedes and immigrants belonging to two different immigrant cohorts. The results show that the assimilation process differs for the two cohorts. Only the first cohort catches up with its native counterpart. These results also showed that the earnings of immigrants deteriorate with age faster than those. of native Swedes, after reaching a maximum level. This can happen because immigrants decrease their working hours faster than the native Swedes as they get older. Our results also suggest a different effect of the business cycle on the determination of earnings for immigrants and natives.