Expert finds access to high-paying jobs - not unequal pay for the same job - is the biggest driver of immigrant wage gaps
Expert finds access to high-paying jobs - not unequal pay for the same job - is the biggest driver of immigrant wage gaps
- July 16, 2025
- Andrew Penner, sociology, Phys.org, July 16, 2025
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The study suggests that efforts to close immigrant wage gaps should focus on increasing immigrants' access to better jobs and firms. … "Improving job access is essential," says co-author Andrew Penner, professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. "This means addressing the barriers that keep immigrants out of the highest-paying firms and occupations."
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