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Wealth and the nativity earnings gap

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I document that differences in wealth between natives and immigrants contribute to the nativity wage gap. The evidence suggests that the non-earnings determinants of wealth, such as institutional barriers that prevent immigrants from accessing financial markets, and idiosyncratic preferences that affect immigrants’ willingness to use financial instruments, play a particularly important role.

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  • Argudo, Esteban, 2024. "Wealth and the nativity earnings gap," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:241:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524002702
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111786
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    Keywords

    Immigration; Earnings; Wealth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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