Immigrants at new destinations: how they fare and why

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Anabela Carneiro (Author) FEP; Natercia Fortuna (Author) FEP; Jose Varejao (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: Journal of Population Economics

Vol. 25 No. 3

Pages: 1165-1185

ISSN: 0933-1433

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Sociology

CORDIS: Social sciences > Economics > Labour economics

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-8SV

DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0387-3

Abstract (EN): We explore matched employer-employee data for a new destination of international migrants in Europe-Portugal. We conclude that the difference between the earnings of immigrants and natives with similar personal characteristics is for the most part due to the characteristics of the matches they form, immigrants being penalized on two different counts: absence of match-specific human capital and occupational downgrading. Moreover, we show that non-random sorting across workplaces has a significant detrimental effect on immigrants' wages. This is the flip side of joining migrant-crowded workplaces.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 21