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

Abstract 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 wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native c...

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Autor: Rodríguez-Planas, Núria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/67555
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-9012-1-8
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/67555
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ddc:330
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Sumario:Abstract 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 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. JEL codes J15, J24, J61, J62