EU Immigrant integration policies and returns on human capital

In order to address skill shortages and the demographic challenges facing the EU, member states have to attract (and retain) the more skilled migrants. Nevertheless, foreign residents generally find a significant wage gap with respect to native-born workers when arriving in a host country. Favourabl...

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Autores: Ramos, Raúl, Matanó, Alessia, Nieto Viramontes, Sandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/92808
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/92808
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:migration policy
labour market integration
immigrants
returns on human capital
política de migración
integración en el mercado laboral
inmigrantes
retornos sobre capital humano
política de migració
integració al mercat laboral
retorn del capital humà
Emigration and immigration
Emigració i immigració
Emigración e inmigración
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Sumario:In order to address skill shortages and the demographic challenges facing the EU, member states have to attract (and retain) the more skilled migrants. Nevertheless, foreign residents generally find a significant wage gap with respect to native-born workers when arriving in a host country. Favourable integration policies seem to improve the relative performance of immigrants in the labour market. Indeed, analysis of the role of favourable or unfavourable policies in supporting labour market mobility of recently arrived immigrants shows that wage discrimination between immigrants and natives is lower in those countries with more favourable policies and that this lower gap is associated with higher returns on experience and schooling.