Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP2502
Authors: Helena Skyt Nielsen; Leif Husted; Michael Rosholm; Nina Smith
Abstract: In this paper, we investigate whether there is a double-negative effect on the wages of immigrant women in Denmark stemming from a negative effect from both gender and foreign country of origin. We estimate separate wage equations for Danes and a number of immigrant groups correcting for sample selection and individual specific effects. Based on a Danish panel of register data, we find that all women are affected by a substantial gender discrimination in wages, but only Pakistani women experience a double-negative effect.
Keywords: doublenegative effect; gender wage gap; immigrants; wage assimilation
JEL Codes: J15; J16; J31; J71
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Gender discrimination (J16) | Wages (J31) |
| Differences in characteristics (H73) | Wages (J31) |
| Differences in returns (G19) | Wages (J31) |
| Pakistani immigrant women (J82) | Wages (J31) |
| Gender discrimination + Ethnic discrimination (J71) | Wages for Pakistani immigrant women (J82) |
| Ethnic wage gap (J31) | Wages (J31) |
| Gender discrimination (J16) | Ethnic wage gap (J31) |
| Gender + Ethnicity (J15) | Wages (J31) |