How skilled immigration may improve economic equality

Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann

Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a more efficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages, alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. The paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. This is discussed and theoretically derived in a core model, and empirically supported using unique data from the WIID database and OECD.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Kahanec, Martin ; Zimmermann, Klaus F.
Published in:	IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM. - Heidelberg : SpringerOpen, ISSN 2193-9039, ZDB-ID 2693175-8. - Vol. 3.2014, p. 1-13
Subject:	Inequality \| Income distribution \| Human capital \| Skill allocation \| Migration \| Ethnicity \| Minority \| Gini coefficient \| Einkommensverteilung \| Humankapital \| Qualifikation \| Occupational qualification \| Ethnische Gruppe \| Ethnic group \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Theorie \| Theory \| Gini-Koeffizient \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| OECD-Staaten \| OECD countries \| Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte \| Highly skilled workers \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers

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Extent:	graph. Darst.
Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1186/2193-9039-3-2 [DOI] hdl:10419/149402 [Handle]
Classification:	D33 - Factor Income Distribution ; E25 - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution ; F22 - International Migration ; J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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