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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's

Peri, Giovanni; D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial...

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Firing Costs, Employment Fluctuations and Average Employment: An Examination of Germany

Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

West Germany's Employment Promotion Act of 1985 facilitated the use of fixed term contracts and increased the number of dismissals above which the employer is required to establish a 'social plan' (involving severance payments). The effect of this reduction in 'firing costs' on movements in...

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How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?

Hunt, Jennifer; Gauthier-Loiselle, Marjolaine - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

in science and engineering. These data imply that a one percentage point rise in the share of immigrant college graduates … in the population increases patents per capita by 6%. This could be an overestimate of immigration's benefit if immigrant …-overs, resulting in an increase in patents per capita of about 15% in response to a one percentage point increase in immigrant college …

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Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?

Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the unemployment rate was at least double the western rate of 7.8%. One would expect that if capital flows and trade in goods failed to bring convergence, labor flows would respond,...

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Rethinking the Gains from Immigration: Theory and Evidence from the U.S.

Peri, Giovanni; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

to calculate the various effects of immigrant labor on U.S.-born labor. We introduce such a production function, making …

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Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages

Peri, Giovanni; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

This paper asks the following question: what was the effect of surging immigration on average and individual wages of U.S.-born workers during the period 1990-2004? We emphasize the need for a general equilibrium approach to analyze this problem. The impact of immigrants on wages of U.S.-born...

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Immigration and National Wages: Clarifying the Theory and the Empirics

Peri, Giovanni; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas (2003) we focus on national labor markets for workers of different skills and we enrich his methodology and refine previous estimates. We emphasize that a production function...

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Are Immigrants the Best and Brightest U.S. Engineers?

Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Using the American Community Surveys of 2009 and 2010, I examine the wages of immigrants compared to natives among engineering workers. Among workers in engineering occupations, immigrants are the best and brightest thanks to their high education level, enjoying a wage distribution shifted to...

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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Peri, Giovanni; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Wright, Greg C. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...

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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa

Hunt, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...

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