The paper focuses on economic disadvantage (loss) or economic advantage (gain) among first- and second-generation immigrants in Switzerland in comparison to the Swiss majority group. We distinguish between economic and noneconomic (political, family reunion, and educational pursuit) immigrants. Utilising data from the 2007 Swiss Health Survey, we found that economic immigrant males are able to attain higher income than the comparable majority group already in the first generation, whereas female economic immigrants manage to do so only in the second generation. Educational male immigrants are doing almost as well in Switzerland as male economic immigrants. In the second generation, female noneconomic immigrants are economically better integrated than their male counterparts when compared to a similar Swiss majority group. Female immigrants are able to close the pay gap with the Swiss majority group. The meaning and implications of the findings are discussed in light of immigration theory in general and the Swiss immigration policy in particular.

中文翻译：

---

瑞士劳动力市场第一代和第二代移民的经济融合：移民的原因是否有所不同？

该论文侧重于与瑞士占多数的群体相比，瑞士第一代和第二代移民的经济劣势（损失）或经济优势（获得）。我们区分经济和非经济（政治、家庭团聚和教育追求）移民。利用 2007 年瑞士健康调查的数据，我们发现经济移民男性在第一代能够获得比同类多数群体​​更高的收入，而女性经济移民只能在第二代中做到这一点。受过教育的男性移民在瑞士的表现几乎与男性经济移民一样好。在第二代中，与类似的瑞士占多数的群体相比，女性非经济移民在经济上比男性移民更好。女性移民能够缩小与瑞士多数群体的薪酬差距。研究结果的意义和影响一般根据移民理论，特别是瑞士移民政策进行讨论。