The Composition of Wage Differentials between Migrants and Natives

Panagiotis Nanos , Christian Schluter (1)

1 GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille

We consider the role of unobservables, such as differences in search frictions, reservation wages, and productivities for the explanation of wage differentials between migrants and natives. We disentangle these by estimating an empirical general equilibrium search model with on-the-job search due to Bontemps et al. (1999) on segments of the labour market defined by occupation, age, and nationality using a large scale German administrative dataset.

Mots clés: Decomposition of wage differentials; Immigrants; Job Search; Turnover

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Economies et finances

Panagiotis Nanos, Christian Schluter. The Composition of Wage Differentials between Migrants and Natives. European Economic Review, 2014, 65 (C), pp.23--44. ⟨10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.10.003⟩. ⟨hal-01474436⟩