People who have emigrated earn less than the locals for several decades. Even in the second generation there is still a difference in income. Depending on the country, the pay gap is larger or smaller.
On average, immigrants receive considerably lower incomes than the locals, says an international study on behalf of the “Nature” magazine. The States of Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Germany and the US were investigated. A different degree is shown in international comparison.
The largest wages in the first generation were found in Spain with 29.3 percent and Canada with 27.5 percent, followed by Norway with 20.3 percent, Germany with 19.6 percent, France with 18.9 percent and the Netherlands with 15.4 percent. The differences in the US by 10.6 percent, Denmark with 9.2 percent and Sweden with 7 percent were considerably lower.
There are also differences in income for the second generation – on average the pay gap is 5.7 percent here. The second generation in Norway is greatest with 8.7 percent, the lowest in Canada with 1.9 percent.
Source: Krone
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