Bryson, Alex, Simmons, Rob and Rossi, G.
(2012)
Why are migrants paid more?
NIESR discussion papers (388).
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, UK.
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Abstract
In efficient global labour markets for very high wage workers one might expect wage differentials between migrant and domestic workers to reflect differences in labour productivity. However, using panel data on worker-firm matches in a single industry over a seven year period we find a substantial wage penalty for domestic workers which persists within firms and is only partially accounted for by individual labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar status of migrant workers. This superstar effect is also apparent in migrant effects on firm performance. But the wage differential also reflects domestic workers' preferences for working in their home region, an amenity for which they are prepared to take a compensating wage differential, or else are forced to accept in the face of employer monopsony power which does not affect migrant workers.
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Discussion Paper)
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| Official URL: |
http://www.niesr.ac.uk/index.html |
| Additional Information: |
© 2012 The Authors |
| Divisions: |
Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| JEL classification: |
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc.
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J7 - Labor Discrimination > J71 - Discrimination
M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M5 - Personnel Economics > M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs, seniority issues) |
| Date Deposited: |
29 Aug 2012 13:00 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Sep 2023 23:27 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/45621 |
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