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Immigration and the occupational choice of natives: A factor proportions approach

Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - 2011

This paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962-1999. Combining large (up to 25%) extracts from six censuses and data from Labor Force Surveys, we exploit the variation in the immigrant share across education/experience cells...

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Migration and imperfect labor markets: Theory and cross-country evidence from Denmark, Germany and the UK

Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J.; Upward, Richard - 2012

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are characterized by considerable differences in labor market institutions and welfare states. Institutions such as collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and...

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The impact of amnesty on labor market outcomes: A panel study using the legalized population survey

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Bansak, Cynthia - 2011

This paper tests whether amnesty, a provision of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), affected the labor market outcomes of the legalized population. Using the Legalized Population Survey (LPS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) from 1987-1992, a...

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

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2006

The standard empirical analysis of immigration, based on a simple labor demand and labor supply framework, has emphasized the negative impact of foreign born workers on the average wage of U.S.-born workers (particularly of those without a high school degree). A precise assessment of the average...

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The labor demand was downward sloping: Disentangling migrants' inflows and outflows, 1929 - 1957

Biavaschi, Costanza - 2012

This paper studies in- and out-migration from the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century and assesses how these flows affected state-level labor markets. It shows that out-migration positively impacted the wages of remaining workers, while in-migration had a negative impact. Hence,...

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Collective labor supply of native dutch and immigrant households in the Netherlands

van Klaveren, Chris; van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Maassen … - 2009

We estimate a collective time allocation model, where Dutch, Surinamese/Antillean and Turkish households behave as if both spouses maximize a household utility function. We assume that paid labor and housework are the endogenous choice variables and furthermore consider household production....

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Die Lage von Einwanderern am Arbeitsmarkt: Ein Vergleich zwischen Europa und den USA

Geis, Wido - In: ifo Schnelldienst 64 (2011) 14, pp. 30-36

In den drei großen europäischen Ländern Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien sowie in den USA stellen Einwanderer … demselben Bildungsniveau, dass sich die Probleme in den europäischen Ländern und den USA grundlegend unterscheiden. In Europa … unterscheiden. In den USA sind die Löhne deutlich geringer, wohingegen die Arbeitslosenrate von Einwanderern sogar niedriger ist als …

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Immigrants in risky occupations

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2012

This chapter reviews the economics literature on immigrant-native differentials in occupational risk. It begins by briefly explaining the theory of compensating wage differentials. It then provides a more detailed discussion of the empirical evidence on the subject, which reaches several...

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Labor market integration of migrants: Hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states

König, Jan; Skupnik, Christoph - 2012

We apply a monopoly trade union model and analyze employment, wage and budgetary effects of (i) an inflow of migrant workers and (ii) an increase in the labor market participation rate of migrants. Per assumption, natives and migrants solely differ with respect to the level of benefit claims in...

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Restrictive immigration policy in Germany: pains and gains foregone?

Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Geis, Wido; Kohler, Wilhelm K. - 2008

Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and employment effects. We quantify these effects for Germany. Following Borjas (2003), we estimate a structural model of labor demand, based on elasticities of substitution between...

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