Native-immigrant wage differentials and occupational segregation in the Greek labour market

C-Tier
Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 2010
Volume: 42
Issue: 8
Pages: 1015-1027

Authors (3)

Michael Demoussis (not in RePEc) N. Giannakopoulos (University of Patras) S. Zografakis (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This article explores native-immigrant wage differentials in the Greek labour market. Data from the most recent Greek Household Budget Survey (2004-05) were employed, four alternative occupational categories were considered and occupational choice was explicitly modelled. Controlling for occupational selectivity, occupation-specific wage regressions for representative samples of employed native and immigrant workers were estimated and an augmented decomposition technique was utilized to analyse inter and intra occupation wage differentials. The obtained results demonstrate that roughly 48% of the average wage differential cannot be explained by differences in observed characteristics and that the larger component of this unexplained part is due to asymmetrical occupational access by native and immigrant workers.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:v:42:y:2010:i:8:p:1015-1027
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25