A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap.

Autor/inn/en	Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, Vincent; Sinning, Mathias
Institution	Ruhr-Universität Bochum / Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft; Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Titel	A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Eine vergleichende Analyse des Wohlstandsgefälles qua Geburt.
Quelle	Essen (2007), 52 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Ruhr Economic Papers. 6
Beigaben	Tabellen 7; grafische Darstellungen 3
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
ISSN	1864-4872
ISBN	978-3-936454-98-7
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungschance; Soziale Ungleichheit; Einkommensunterschied; Einkommensverteilung; Wohlstand; Ausländer; Migrant; Australien; Deutschland; Nordamerika; Pazifischer Raum
Abstract	"This paper investigates the source of the gap in the relative wealth position of immigrant households residing in Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are largely the result of disparity in the educational attainment and demographic composition of the native and immigrant populations, while income differentials are relatively unimportant in understanding the nativity wealth gap. In contrast, the relatively small wealth gap between Australian- and foreign-born households exists because immigrants to Australia do not translate their relative educational and demographic advantage into a wealth advantage. On balance, our results point to substantial cross-national disparity in the economic well-being of immigrant and native families, which is largely consistent with domestic labor markets and the selection policies used to shape the nature of the immigration flow." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2008/1