Flat Experience Curve Profiles of Foreign Employees in Germany
Abstract This paper sheds light on the wage structure of foreign and German employees who are subject to social security contributions in fulltime employment and focuses on the experience structure. Existing evidence suggests that additional labour market experience is rewarded less for migrants tha...
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| description | Abstract This paper sheds light on the wage structure of foreign and German employees who are subject to social security contributions in fulltime employment and focuses on the experience structure. Existing evidence suggests that additional labour market experience is rewarded less for migrants than for their German counterparts. We identify and discuss reasons and explanations for migrants’ flat experience curves, which is particularly important in the light of the debate on inequality between both groups. These explanations include: the recognition of vocational training degrees, the successful passing of vocational training in Germany, German citizenship by naturalisation, and the labour market experience. After ten to 15 years in the German labour market, we identify convergence in the returns to labour market experience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2adb9d09f1954409aa52db8d8c51bc972025-02-02T11:02:38ZdeuSciendoWirtschaftsdienst0043-62751613-978X2021-11-011011188989310.1007/s10273-021-3047-6Flat Experience Curve Profiles of Foreign Employees in GermanyStephan Brunow0Oskar Jost1Professur für VWL, insb. Arbeitsmarktökonomik, Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (HdBA)Regionales Forschungsnetz (RFN), Inst. f. Arbeitsmarkt- und BerufsforschungAbstract This paper sheds light on the wage structure of foreign and German employees who are subject to social security contributions in fulltime employment and focuses on the experience structure. Existing evidence suggests that additional labour market experience is rewarded less for migrants than for their German counterparts. We identify and discuss reasons and explanations for migrants’ flat experience curves, which is particularly important in the light of the debate on inequality between both groups. These explanations include: the recognition of vocational training degrees, the successful passing of vocational training in Germany, German citizenship by naturalisation, and the labour market experience. After ten to 15 years in the German labour market, we identify convergence in the returns to labour market experience.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-021-3047-6 |
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