Transferability Of Immigrants

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Clearly, upon their arrival, immigrants earn less than natives of equal attributes. Earnings assimilation refers to the earnings growth rate of immigrants in later years at destination above and beyond the growth rate experienced by natives of similar measured characteristics. Recent immigrants suffer from language difficulties, lack of social networks, and only partial information on the new labor market. The skills acquired in the source country are often not perfectly transferable to the destination country. The transferability of immigrants’ skills is related to the source country from which they arrive. The more developed the source country, the easier it is for immigrants to use the skills and knowledge they bring with them in their new