Immigrant-Native differences in earnings mobility processes
Authors: Nisar Ahmad, Rayhaneh Esmaeilzadeh, and Jorgen Hansen
Overview
Abstract (English)
This study compares the earnings mobility between immigrants and natives within and between Denmark and Canada. Both countries have different labour market conditions and immigration history which leads to an interesting comparison of earning mobility processes. The paper employs a dynamic multinomial logit model with discrete factor approximation for the specification of unobserved individual heterogeneity. The model takes into account the effect of the endogenous initial conditions problem and unobserved heterogeneity to separate structural and spurious state dependence. The results show that immigrants – native differences in earnings mobility, structural state dependence, and segmentation of earnings distribution are relatively more prominent in Denmark compared to Canada.
Abstract (French)
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Details
| Type | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Author | Nisar Ahmad, Rayhaneh Esmaeilzadeh, and Jorgen Hansen |
| Publication Year | 2014 |
| Title | Immigrant-Native differences in earnings mobility processes |
| Volume | 4 |
| Journal Name | Review of Economics and Finance |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 13-32 |
| Publication Language | English |
- Nisar Ahmad
- Nisar Ahmad, Rayhaneh Esmaeilzadeh, and Jorgen Hansen
- Immigrant-Native differences in earnings mobility processes
- Review of Economics and Finance
- 4
- 2014
- 1
- 13-32