Native welfare losses from high skilled immigration

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on low skilled employment, provided that fiscal redistribution is not too intense and the elasticity between high and low skilled labor is high as empirical evidence suggests.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Kemnitz, Alexander
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte \| Einwanderung \| Wohlfahrtseffekt \| Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte \| Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad \| Substitutionselastizität \| Arbeitslosigkeit \| Theorie \| Immigration \| trade union \| unemployment \| welfare state \| elasticity of substitution

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 2409
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	58310861X [GVK] hdl:10419/26454 [Handle]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining ; H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Source:	EconStor

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