TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigration, Search, and Loss of Skill
AU - Weiss, Yoram
AU - Sauer, Robert M.
AU - Gotlibovski, Menachem
PY - 2003/7
Y1 - 2003/7
N2 - This article develops and estimates an on-the-job search model of the entry of highly skilled immigrants from the former Soviet Union into the Israeli labor market. The estimated parameters of the model, together with information on the wages of immigrants from earlier waves, imply that, on average, immigrants can expect lifetime earnings to fall short of the lifetime earnings of comparable natives by 57%. Of this figure, 14 percentage points reflect frictions associated with nonemployment and job distribution mismatch, and 43 percentage points reflect the gradual adaptation of imported schooling and experience to the local labor market.
AB - This article develops and estimates an on-the-job search model of the entry of highly skilled immigrants from the former Soviet Union into the Israeli labor market. The estimated parameters of the model, together with information on the wages of immigrants from earlier waves, imply that, on average, immigrants can expect lifetime earnings to fall short of the lifetime earnings of comparable natives by 57%. Of this figure, 14 percentage points reflect frictions associated with nonemployment and job distribution mismatch, and 43 percentage points reflect the gradual adaptation of imported schooling and experience to the local labor market.
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U2 - 10.1086/374959
DO - 10.1086/374959
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AN - SCOPUS:0346958183
SN - 0734-306X
VL - 21
SP - 557
EP - 591
JO - Journal of Labor Economics
JF - Journal of Labor Economics
IS - 3
ER -
