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The Sheltering Effect of Occupational Closure? Consequences for Ethnic Minorities' Earnings

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ID2362376
AuthorsIda Drange (0000-0002-1762-4341, Work Research Institute, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, corresponding author), Håvard Helland (0000-0002-1231-1434, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University)
Year2019
Volume46
Issue1
Pages45-89
Publication date2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888418780970
OpenAlexW2810784207
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited50

It has been widely documented that immigrants receive lower earnings than the majority of the population in most Western countries. Previous research has pointed to various forms of discrimination that affect immigrants' wage rates. The authors discuss whether the source of this wage inequality can be found at the occupational level. In this article, the authors argue that occupational closures reduce within-occupation wage inequality. To test their expectations, the authors use Norwegian register data that span all employees. The results align with their expectations, as both occupational licensing and union density strongly reduce immigrant-majority earnings' inequality. However, neither certifications nor credentialization reduces the immigrant-majority earnings gap

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Inequality · Labour economics · Norwegian · Occupational prestige · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Wage · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation

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