How relevant is the origin of human capital for immigrant wages? Evidence from Spain
Contribuinte(s) |
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Análisis Económico Aplicado Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Interuniversitario de Economía Internacional Territorio y Movilidad. Mercados de Trabajo y Vivienda |
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Data(s) |
26/09/2016
26/09/2016
01/05/2015
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Resumo |
The objective of this article is to analyse the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of immigrants in the Spanish labour market. Using microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes, we find that human capital of immigrants acquired in Spain presents higher returns than human capital obtained in home countries, reflecting the limited international transferability of the latter. This result is reinforced by the strong heterogeneity observed in wage returns to different kinds of human capital across immigrants from different origins and, in particular, by the fact that immigrants with the higher returns to human capital acquired in their home countries are those coming from other developed countries and Latin America, the two regions more similar to Spain in terms of development and/or culture. This study received financial support from research projects ECO2013-41310-R, ECO2013-41022-R, and CSO2011-29943-C03-02. |
Identificador |
Journal of Applied Economics. 2015, 18(1): 149-172. doi:10.1016/S1514-0326(15)30007-6 1514-0326 (Print) 1667-6726 (Online) http://hdl.handle.net/10045/58283 10.1016/S1514-0326(15)30007-6 |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Elsevier |
Relação |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1514-0326(15)30007-6 |
Direitos |
© 2015 Universidad del CEMA. Published by Elsevier B.V. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #Immigration #Wages #Human capital #Assimilation #Economía Aplicada |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |