Migrant-family background and subjective well-being: Evidence using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
Migrant-family background and subjective well-being: Evidence using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
Author(s): Edsel L. Beja JRSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration; subjective well-being; decomposition;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the subjective well-being of individuals with migrant-family background and individuals with no migrant-family background. The subjective well-being of the former group is on average lowerthan thelatter group. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositionfinds that thegap in their subjective well-being is not explainedby differences in socioeconomic profile and socialcontext.Rather thegap ismainly due tothe unexplained componentof theanalysis, which the paperinterpretsintwoways.First,theunexplainedcomponentrepresentsthelatent social biases against individualswithmigrant heritage.Second,the unexplained component also represents the overall effect ofpersonality, attitude, and migrant culture on the subjective well-being of individuals with migrant heritage
Journal: Migration Letters
- Issue Year: 15/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 399-408
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English