Immigrant–native wage gaps in time series: Complementarities or composition effects?

Previous research has shown that immigrants’ wages decrease when the supply of immigrants increases. This negative correlation has been interpreted as evidence of immigrant–native complementarities in production. The present study finds that it is instead due to changing immigrant composition.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Ruist, Joakim
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 119.2013, 2, p. 154-156
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Immigrant–native complementarities \| Wage gaps \| Immigrant composition

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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