TY - JOUR
T1 - Two dimensions to economic incorporation
T2 - Soviet immigrants in the Israeli labour market
AU - Gorodzeisky, Anastasia
AU - Semyonov, Moshe
N1 - Funding Information:
Work on this paper was supported by Grant 842/06, awarded by the Israel Science Foundation and the Institute for Social Research, Tel Aviv University. The authors also thank the Israel Social Science Data Center at the Hebrew University for awarding them a prize for this research paper.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This paper examines the economic integration of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union into the Israeli labour market in terms of occupational and earnings mobility (i.e. decreasing occupational and earnings disparities) in comparison with several Israeli Jewish sub-populations. Using data from annual Income Surveys conducted by the Israel Bureau of Statistics between the years 1995 and 2006, we find little occupational and earnings mobility of Soviet immigrants throughout the period and substantial occupational and earnings disadvantages compared to all Jewish sub-populations (especially when compared to Jews of European/American origin). The findings are discussed in light of the assimilation model, suggesting that the social and economic circumstances associated with the arrival of Soviet immigrants in Israel have longlasting, detrimental consequences for their economic assimilation.
AB - This paper examines the economic integration of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union into the Israeli labour market in terms of occupational and earnings mobility (i.e. decreasing occupational and earnings disparities) in comparison with several Israeli Jewish sub-populations. Using data from annual Income Surveys conducted by the Israel Bureau of Statistics between the years 1995 and 2006, we find little occupational and earnings mobility of Soviet immigrants throughout the period and substantial occupational and earnings disadvantages compared to all Jewish sub-populations (especially when compared to Jews of European/American origin). The findings are discussed in light of the assimilation model, suggesting that the social and economic circumstances associated with the arrival of Soviet immigrants in Israel have longlasting, detrimental consequences for their economic assimilation.
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Immigration
KW - Inequality
KW - Israel
KW - Labour market
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U2 - 10.1080/1369183X.2011.572483
DO - 10.1080/1369183X.2011.572483
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AN - SCOPUS:79960498992
SN - 1369-183X
VL - 37
SP - 1059
EP - 1077
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
IS - 7
ER -