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The Migrant Pay Gap Understanding Wage Differences Between Migrants and Nationals.

This report analyses how migrant wages have evolved in 49 countries before the COVID-19 pandemic the difficulties faced by migrants in receiving the same pay as nationals. It examines gender discrimination and the difficulties migrants have in getting a job that corresponds to their level of educati...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amo-Agyei, Silas (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Labour Organisation
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Genève : International Labour Organisation (ILO), 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of boxes
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Key findings
  • Executive summary
  • Chapter 1. Background
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Related literature
  • Chapter 2. Labour market characteristics of migrant workers and nationals
  • 2.1. Share of migrant population
  • 2.2. Geographical coverage
  • 2.3. Weak negative correlation between wage inequality and the size of migrants population
  • 2.4. Labour market participation, unemployment, and educational and occupational attainments of migrants and nationals
  • 2.5. A focus on wage workers
  • Chapter 3. Measuring and understanding the migrant pay gap
  • 3.1. The wage structure of migrant workers and nationals
  • 3.2. The raw migrant pay gap
  • 3.3. The migrant pay gap in different subgroups
  • 3.4. A complementary measure: Factor-weighted migrant pay gap
  • 3.5. What factors lie behind the migrant pay gap?
  • Chapter 4. Simulations
  • 4.1. The counterfactual wage structure of migrant workers
  • 4.2. The migrant pay gap before and after eliminating the unexplained part of the migrant pay gap
  • 4.3. Measures to eliminate the unexplained part of the migrant pay gap can help reduce working poverty among migrant workers
  • 4.4. Measures to eliminate the unexplained part of the migrant pay gap can help reduce wage inequalities and the aggregate gender pay gap in the economy
  • Chapter 5. Conclusions
  • 5.1. Key takeaways
  • 5.2. Limitations of the report
  • 5.3. Policy implicationsand recommendations
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I. Description of methods
  • Appendix II. National data sources
  • Appendix III. Country and territory groups,by region and income
  • Appendix IV. Supplementary results