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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from Israel

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004

outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives? wages … alternative hypotheses using data from Israel?s Labor Force and Income Surveys from 1989 to 1999. We find that wages of both men … segment. A 10 percent increase in the share of immigrants lowers natives? wages in the short run by 1 to 3 percent, but this …

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Mass Migration to Israel and Natives? Transitions from Employment

Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004

This paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives? probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labor market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and experience....

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Musn't grumble: Immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany

Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2012

A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant...

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A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration

Euwals, Rob; Roodenburg, Hans - 2003

In this paper, we study gains and losses that accrue to natives because of immigration. The gain on the aggregated level is called the ?immigration surplus?, which can be seen as analogous to a consumer surplus. We derive changes in the earnings of native owners of production factors by...

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The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries

Hartog, Joop; Zorlu, Aslan - 2002

We extend the Altonji and Card (1991) framework for analysing the impact of immigrants on natives? wages from two to … small effects on natives? wages and no dominant robust patterns of substitution and complementarity. Effects on wages of …

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Which immigrants are most innovative and entrepreneurial? Distinctions by entry visa

Hunt, Jennifer - 2010

who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a temporary work visa have a large advantage over natives in wages …

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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions: consequences for the German labor market

Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

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Estimating the impact of immigration on wages in Ireland

Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - 2009

We estimate the impact of immigration on the wages of natives in Ireland applying the technique proposed by Borjas … assess whether the average wages of natives across skill cells is affected by the share of immigrants across cells. When the … cells are based on education/experience, our results suggest a negative relationship between native wages and immigrant …

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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?

Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011

In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...

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