Labor market assimilation of South-South forced migrants :: evidence from a small open Latin American economy

Javier Antonio Torres Gómez; Francisco Bruno Galarza Arellano

Labor market assimilation of South-South forced migrants : evidence from a small open Latin American economy

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Resumen

We study the negative wage premium Venezuelan immigrants face in the Peruvian labor market in 2018, by merging two national household surveys. Consistent with an imperfect transfer of skills, we find that Venezuelans face, on average, a 40% discount on their hourly wage compared to Peruvians. Interestingly, there is heterogeneity in wage premiums across education levels and broad groups of fields of study. The higher the education level, the larger the negative wage premium. Venezuelans with low levels of education could earn a higher hourly wage than Peruvian. Further, Immigrants with careers related to Economics, Administration and Commerce face the least wage discount. Finally, we find that foreign work experience has negligible value in the host country

Idioma original	Inglés
Lugar de publicación	Lima
Páginas	1-40
Estado	Publicada - abr. 2021

Series de publicaciones

Nombre	Working paper
N.º	179

ODS de las Naciones Unidas

Este resultado contribuye a los siguientes Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

ODS 8: Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
ODS 10: Reducción de las desigualdades
ODS 16: Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
ODS 17: Alianzas para lograr los objetivos

Palabras clave

Immigration
Economic assimilation
Wage gap

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