In order to address skill shortages and the demographic challenges facing the EU, member states have to attract (and retain) the more skilled migrants. Nevertheless, foreign residents generally find a significant wage gap with respect to native-born workers when arriving in a host country. Favourable integration policies seem to improve the relative performance of immigrants in the labour market. Indeed, analysis of the role of favourable or unfavourable policies in supporting labour market mobility of recently arrived immigrants shows that wage discrimination between immigrants and natives is lower in those countries with more favourable policies and that this lower gap is associated with higher returns on experience and schooling.
EU Immigrant Integration Policies and Returns on Human Capital
MIPEX Team
MIPEX 2015 team is formed by the members of CIDOB and MPG, the leading organization of the “Integration policies: Who benefits? The development and use of indicators in integration debates” project.
