Jahn, Elke; Hirsch, Boris; Toomet, Ott; Hochfellner, Daniela - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013
include a standardized measure of immigrants' pre-migration wage based on occupation, industry, tenure, qualification, and the … partial. A 10% higher pre-migration wage translates into a 1.6% higher wage in Germany when also controlling for educational … market. We also find that wage assimilation is significantly accelerated for immigrants with a higher pre-migration wage. Our …