title: The performance of immigrants in the Norwegian labor market.
abstract: "This paper tests the assimilation hypothesis with Norwegian data.  Using both cross-section and cohort analyses, the results show that the 1970-1979 immigrant cohort experienced an earnings growth of about 11% between 1980 and 1990, when their earnings profile was compared to that of natives. This is lower than the 19% assimilation rate predicted by the cross-section method. On the contrary, the results reveal a rapid earnings divergence across cohorts, and between the 1960-1969 cohort and natives."
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hayfron
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005060:Europe; D007182:Income; D009664:Norway; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D012922:Social Change; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Acculturation; Cohort Analysis; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Immigrants; Income; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Northern Europe; Norway; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Scandinavia; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Wages