The Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants’ Wage in the UK: correcting for measurement error, endogenous treatment, and sample selection bias

Alfonso Miranda; Yu Zhu

doi:10.1080/13504851.2020.1753873

The Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants’ Wage in the UK: correcting for measurement error, endogenous treatment, and sample selection bias

Alfonso Miranda (Lead / Corresponding author), Yu Zhu

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Abstract

We investigate how English as Additional Language (EAL) affects the wage gap among foreign-born female immigrants in the UK. To deal with endogeneity and measurement error of EAL and self-selection into employment we implement a 3-step estimation (TSE) procedure suggested by Wooldridge, which deliver consistent and asymptotically normal estimators. We find a large and statistically significant causal effect of EAL on the wage gap.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	349-353
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	5
Early online date	20 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1753873
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

English as Additional Language (EAL)
endogenous treatment
sample selection
wage gap

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Economics and Econometrics

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