Modelling the Effects of Immigration on Regional Economic Performance and the Wage Distribution : A Cge Analysis of Three EU Regions
The paper uses a regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the effects of immigration on three small remote EU regions located within Scotland, Greece and Latvia. Two migration scenarios are assessed. In the first, total labour supply is affected. In the second, the importance of migratory flows by differential labour skill types is investigated. The results indicate significant differences in the extent to which regional economies are affected by immigration. They also suggest that remote regions are highly vulnerable to the out-migration of skilled workers ('brain-drain') while the in-migration of unskilled workers leads to widening wage inequality
Year of publication: |
2009
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Authors: | Pouliakas, Konstantinos |
Other Persons: | Roberts, Deborah (contributor) ; Balamou, Eudokia (contributor) ; Psaltopoulos, Demetrios (contributor) |
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[2009]: [S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Allgemeines Gleichgewicht | General equilibrium | Regionalentwicklung | Regional development | Einwanderung | Immigration | Lohnstruktur | Wage structure | Periphere Region | Periphery | Theorie | Theory |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (40 p) |
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Series: | IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 4648 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.2139/ssrn.1526078 [DOI] |
Classification: | D33 - Factor Income Distribution ; D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; R13 - General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economics ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153012