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Ebner, Christian and Helbling, Marc (2016). Social distance and wage inequalities for immigrants in Switzerland. Work Employ. Soc., 30 (3). S. 436 - 455. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1469-8722

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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of the social distance between immigrants and Swiss natives on wage inequalities. Social distance is assumed to be high when immigrants come from a different culture, a different education system and speak a different language. By combining these three aspects, this article goes beyond existing studies that only focus on cultural differences. The empirical findings indicate that, net of education, immigrants with a high or very high social distance from the receiving society are strongly disadvantaged in terms of their salaries. Additional analyses show that the impact of typical explanatory factors for labour market success such as education, citizenship and length of stay also vary by the degree of social distance between immigrants and their destination country. The analyses are based on data from the Swiss Labour Force Survey for the years 2010 and 2011, which allow for detailed analyses on individual immigrant groups due to oversampling.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ebner, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Helbling, Marc UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-274134
DOI:	10.1177/0950017015594096
Journal or Publication Title:	Work Employ. Soc.
Volume:	30
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 436 - 455
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1469-8722
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LABOR-MARKET; DISCRIMINATION; EARNINGS; CERTIFICATES; ASSIMILATION; GERMAN; RACISM; SKILLS Multiple languages Economics; Industrial Relations & Labor; Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27413