Occupational segregation and wage differentials between natives and immigrants: evidence from Hong Kong

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Liu, PW; Zhang, JS; Chong, SC
• 署名单位: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2002.12.003
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 395-413
• 关键词: occupational segregation; wage differentials; Hong Kong

摘要

This paper attempts to provide the first set of evidence on the intra- and inter-occupational earnings differentials between immigrants and the native by studying Hong Kong 1996 census data. We found that the intra-occupational earnings differential is slightly more important than the inter-occupational earnings differential. Comparing with the literature on gender wage differentials, immigrants seem to face more barriers to entry into good occupations than females in a relative sense. Moreover, most of the intra-occupational differential is unexplained. Occupational segregation gets smaller as the duration of residence rises and does not exist for immigrants who came to Hong Kong at young ages. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.