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The immigrant/native wealth gap in Germany, Italy and Luxembourg

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Numéro57
DateFebruary 2011
AuteurThomas Y. Mathä, Alessandro Porpiglia and Eva Sierminska
RésuméThis paper analyses the existence of an immigrant/native wealth gap by using household survey data for Luxembourg, Germany and Italy. The results show that, in all three countries, a sizeable wealth gap exists between natives and immigrants. Towards the upper tail of the wealth distribution the gap narrows to a small extent. This gap persists even after controlling for demographic characteristics, country of origin, cohort and age at migration although cross-country differences exist in the immigration penalty.

Keywords: household, survey data, wealth gap, immigrants, distribution

JEL Codes: D31, F22

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