Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level: Migration policy lessons from Spain

What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms of wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native counterparts). This paper discusses the potential explanations behind this result and analyzes the consequences of this result in terms of migration policy recommendations.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Rodríguez-Planas, Núria
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Wirtschaftskrise \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Arbeitslosigkeit \| Arbeitsmarktreform \| Erwerbstätigkeit \| Arbeitsangebot \| Alternde Bevölkerung \| Fachkräfte \| Deutschland \| wage assimilation \| occupational assimilation \| education \| migration policy

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Series:	IZA Policy Paper ; 53
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	735600732 [GVK] hdl:10419/91802 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izapps:pp53 [RePEc]
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; J62 - Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility
Source:	EconStor

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