Unemployment and the Immigration Surplus

Within a small open economy fair wage model with unemployment of unskilled workers, we show that exogenous unskilled immigration increases the welfare of natives if the elasticity of the inverse labour demands exceeds a positive finite threshold. This threshold depends positively on the displacement ratio of native workers by immigrants and negatively on the share of immigrants in the unskilled workforce

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Year of publication:	[2009]
Authors:	Kreickemeier, Udo
Other Persons:	Michael, Michael S. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2009]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Arbeitslosigkeit \| Unemployment \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Theorie \| Theory \| Wohlfahrtsanalyse \| Welfare analysis \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Ungelernte Arbeitskräfte \| Unskilled workers

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (10 p)
Series:	Univ. of Nottingham Research Paper ; No. 2008/31
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 17, 2009 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1389443 [DOI]
Classification:	F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; F22 - International Migration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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