%0 Journal Article
%T Wage Earnings of Chinese Immigrants: A Semi-Parametric Analysis
%A Alan T.K. Wan
%J The International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance
%D 2008
%I Asian Network for Scientific Information
%X This research analyzes the wage distributions of mainland Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong using a semi-parametric method that estimates the distributions of wages that would prevail if the immigrants were paid according to the local wage schedule. The semi-parametric scheme adopted is based on a simple re-weighting of the distribution of wages of the natives. Present results reveal that medium-waged Chinese immigrants are disproportionately likely to experience labour market discrimination. Newer immigrants also appear to face more obstacles in achieving higher salaries than old immigrants.
%K Counterfactual density
%K discrimination
%K Epanechnikov kernel
%K log wage
%U http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/ijaef/2008/28-35.pdf