?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=What+explains+the+wealth+gap+between+immigrants+and+the+New+Zealand+born%3F&rft.creator=Gibson%2C+J.&rft.creator=Le%2C+T.&rft.creator=Stillman%2C+S.&rft.description=Immigrants+are+typically+found+to+have+less+wealth+and+hold+it+in+different+forms+than%0D%0Athe+native+born.+These+differences+may+affect+both+the+economic+assimilation+of%0D%0Aimmigrants+and+overall+portfolio+allocation+when+immigrants+are+a+large+share+of+the%0D%0Apopulation%2C+as+in+New+Zealand.+In+this+paper%2C+data+from+the+2001+Household+Savings%0D%0ASurvey+are+used+to+examine+wealth+differences+between+immigrants+and+the+New%0D%0AZealand-born.+Differences+in+the+allocation+of+portfolios+between+housing+and+other%0D%0Aforms+of+wealth+are+described.+Unconditional+and+conditional+wealth+quantiles+are%0D%0Aexamined+using+parametric+models.+Semiparametric+methods+are+used+to+decompose%0D%0Adifferences+in+net+worth+at+different+parts+of+the+wealth+distribution+into+the+part+due%0D%0Ato+differences+in+characteristics+and+the+part+due+to+differences+in+the+returns+to%0D%0Acharacteristics.&rft.subject=D31%2C+G11%2C+J15&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Research+and+Analysis+of+Migration&rft.date=2007-11&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Discussion+Paper+Series++15%2F07).+Centre+for+Research+and+Analysis+of+Migration%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2007)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14264%2F1%2F14264.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14264%2F&rft.rights=open