TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fertig, Michael
AU  - Schurer, Stefanie
        TI  - Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Germany: The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias
        PY  - 2007/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2915
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2915
        AB  - Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of economic integration difficult. Using a rich longitudinal data-set, this paper tests for differences in economic assimilation profiles of four groups of foreign-born immigrants and ethnic Germans. The importance of time-invariant individual unobserved heterogeneity and panel attrition in determining the speed of assimilation is analysed. We find evidence for heterogeneity in the assimilation profiles for both annual earnings and unemployment probabilities. Robust assimilation profiles are found for two cohorts only. Omitted variables, systematic sample attrition and the presence of second generation immigrants in the sample influence the speed of assimilation, but do not change the overall picture.
        KW  - unobserved heterogeneity
KW  - panel attrition
KW  - sample selection
KW  - fixed effects
KW  - migration
        ER  -