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Intersections and Commonalities: Using Matching to Decompose Wage Gaps by Gender and Nativity in Germany
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Abstract We investigate intersecting wage gaps by gender and nativity by comparing the wages between immigrant women, immigrant men, native women, and native men based on Western German survey data. Adding to the analytical diversity of the field, we do a full comparison of group wages to emphasize the relat... view more
We investigate intersecting wage gaps by gender and nativity by comparing the wages between immigrant women, immigrant men, native women, and native men based on Western German survey data. Adding to the analytical diversity of the field, we do a full comparison of group wages to emphasize the relationality of privilege and disadvantage, and we use a nonparametric matching decomposition that is well suited to address unique group-specific experiences. We find that wage (dis)advantages associated with the dimensions of gender and nativity are nonadditive and result in distinct decomposition patterns for each pairwise comparison. After accounting for substantial group differences in work attachment, individual resources, and occupational segregation, unexplained wage gaps are generally small for comparisons between immigrant women, immigrant men, and native women, but large when either group is compared to native men. This finding suggests that the often presumed "double disadvantage" of immigrant women is rather a "double advantage" of native men.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; microcensus; wage difference; matching; intersectionality; deprivation; gender-specific factors; ethnic origin; old federal states
Classification
Income Policy, Property Policy, Wage Policy
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
wage gap decomposition; double disadvantage; Mikrozensus 2015
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-38
Journal
Work and Occupations (2022) OnlineFirst
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884221141100
ISSN
1552-8464
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed