The immigrant / native wealth gap in Germany, Italy and Luxembourg

"This paper analyses the existence of an immigrant/native wealth gap by using household survey data for Luxembourg, Germany and Italy. The results show that, in all three countries, a sizeable wealth gap exists between natives and immigrants. Towards the upper tail of the wealth distribution th...

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Main Authors: Mathä, Thomas, Porpiglia, Alessandro, Sierminska, Eva M.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main 2011
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19182515124919007979-The-immigrant-native-wealth-ga.htm
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Summary:"This paper analyses the existence of an immigrant/native wealth gap by using household survey data for Luxembourg, Germany and Italy. The results show that, in all three countries, a sizeable wealth gap exists between natives and immigrants. Towards the upper tail of the wealth distribution the gap narrows to a small extent. This gap persists even after controlling for demographic characteristics, country of origin, cohort and age at migration although cross-country differences exist in the immigration penalty."
Physical Description:37 p.
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