01783cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016563 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498376112 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Beyer, Robert. The Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Germany / Robert Beyer. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (39 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries, with good German language skills, and with a German degree, and larger for others. The gap declines gradually over time. Less success in obtaining jobs with higher occupational autonomy explains half of the wage gap. Immigrants are also initially less likely to participate in the labor market and more likely to be unemployed. While participation fully converges after 20 years, immigrants always remain more likely to be unemployed than the native labor force. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/006 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/006/001.2016.issue-006-en.xml IMF e-Library