Earnings assimilation of post-reunification East German migrants in West Germany

IF 0.7 Q4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Labour-England Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI:10.1111/labr.12279
Regina T. Riphahn, Irakli Sauer
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We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990–99). We compare their wage assimilation to that of ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Bloc countries and international immigrants to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and education. However, these disadvantages were smaller than those of international immigrants, supporting the beneficial role of cultural similarity. The earnings gap relative to West German natives narrowed over time for all immigrants. These findings are robust to controlling for potentially endogenous return migration and labor force participation. Controls for fixed effects reveal that positive assimilation for East German and international immigrants was concentrated among highly educated immigrants.

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统一后东德移民在西德的收入同化情况
我们调查了统一后(1990-99 年)移民到西德的东德人的工资同化情况。我们将他们的工资同化情况与来自东部集团国家的德裔移民和同时到达西德的国际移民进行了比较。分析使用了行政和调查数据。结果表明,东德人在西德面临着显著的初始收入劣势,即使以年龄和教育程度为条件也是如此。然而,这些劣势要小于国际移民的劣势,支持了文化相似性的有利作用。随着时间的推移,所有移民与西德本地人的收入差距都在缩小。在控制潜在的内生回迁和劳动力参与的情况下,这些发现是稳健的。对固定效应的控制显示,东德移民和国际移民的积极同化主要集中在受过高等教育的移民身上。
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期刊介绍: LABOUR provides a forum for analysis and debate on issues concerning labour economics and industrial relations. The Journal publishes high quality contributions which combine economic theory and statistical methodology in order to analyse behaviour, institutions and policies relevant to the labour market.
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