Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
size of the immigrant samples
I group Eastern Europeans and “other immigrants” together, labeled “non-EU immigrants.” The … sample’s
ethnicity composition is: 3,715 (73%) West and 792 (15%) East Germans, 230 (5%) EU, and 480 (8%)
non-EU immigrants … reunification. Non-EU immigrants
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have the lowest earnings. Note that the hourly wages give a slightly different picture …