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Determinants of return to education for immigrants in Italy
Building: Main Venue Building
Room: room 4
Date: 2017-02-09 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM
Last modified: 2017-01-23
Abstract
The determinants of foreign immigrants’ wages in Italy are analyzed. Previous studies show that there are different returns to education for
different latent population subgroups. We deal with this heterogeneity with
a finite mixture of Mincer’s regression models, with concomitant variables.
This model simultaneously allows for the breakdown of the population into
homogeneous subpopulations, and an explanation of the unobserved heterogeneity based on the considered set of concomitant variables. We use data
from the 2009 Income and living conditions of families with migrants survey,
carried out by ISTAT in 2009.
different latent population subgroups. We deal with this heterogeneity with
a finite mixture of Mincer’s regression models, with concomitant variables.
This model simultaneously allows for the breakdown of the population into
homogeneous subpopulations, and an explanation of the unobserved heterogeneity based on the considered set of concomitant variables. We use data
from the 2009 Income and living conditions of families with migrants survey,
carried out by ISTAT in 2009.
Keywords
Mincer’s earnings function, mixtures of regression models, return to education, concomitant variables