Employment and Wage Assimilation of Male First Generation Immigrants in Denmark

33 Pages Posted: 12 Jun 2000

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Nina Smith

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Leif Husted

Institute of Local Government Studies

Helena Skyt Nielsen

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Michael Rosholm

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF)

Date Written: January 2000

Abstract

Labour market assimilation of Danish first generation male immigrants is analysed based on two panel data sets covering the population of immigrants and 10% of the Danish population during 1984-1995. Wages and employment probabilities are estimated jointly in a random effects model which corrects for unobserved cohort and individual effects and panel selectivity due to missing wage information. The results show that immigrants assimilate partially to Danes, but the assimilation process differs between refugees and non-refugees.

Keywords: Immigrants, earnings and employment assimilation

JEL Classification: J61, J71

Suggested Citation

Smith, Nina and Husted, Leif and Nielsen, Helena Skyt and Rosholm, Michael, Employment and Wage Assimilation of Male First Generation Immigrants in Denmark (January 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=224092 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.224092

Nina Smith (Contact Author)

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

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Leif Husted

Institute of Local Government Studies ( email )

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Helena Skyt Nielsen

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

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Michael Rosholm

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics ( email )

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Germany

Amternes og Kommunernes Forskningsinstitut (AKF)

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Copenhagen, DK-1602
Denmark

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