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The effects 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 three labour types and estimate reduced form wage equations for The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway. We find very small effects on natives' wages and no dominant robust...
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Immigrants and the U.S. wage distribution
Yasenov, Vasil I. - 2020
A large body of literature estimates the relative wage impacts of immigration on low- and high-skill natives, but it is …-form quantile treatment effects by constructing a ceteris paribus counterfactual wage distribution with lower immigration levels …
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Receiving countries' perspectives : the case of Sweden
Gerdes, Christer; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2014
Sweden has made its labour market more open for labour immigration since the mid1990s: becoming member of the common … immigration. The labour immigration expanded for example after the enlargement in 2004 but not so much as in for example the … United Kingdom and Ireland. Other forms of immigration have been more important. On the other hand, the migration has been …
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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - 2021
This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985- 2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694689
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Moving up or down? : immigration and the selection of natives across occupations and locations
Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - 2016
Exploiting a large French panel for 1976-2007, we examine the impact of low-educated immigration on the labour market … immigration. Low-educated immigration generally lowers the wages of blue-collar workers, but its impact is heterogeneous across …
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The role of labor market institutions in the impact of immigration on wages and employment
Foged, Mette; Hasager, Linea; Yasenov, Vasil - 2021
We study the role of institutions in affecting the labor market impacts of immigration using a cross-country meta … immigration from 61 academic studies covering 18 developed countries. The mean and median impact on the relative wage of directly … from distributional (relative) wage consequences of immigration but exacerbate the impacts on average wages in the economy …
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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 4, pp. 1803-1847
This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985-2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306326
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Consequences of immigrating during a recession : evidence from the US Refugee Resettlement program
Mask, Joshua - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/21, pp. 1-31
Are there long-term labor consequences in migrating to the US during a recession? For most immigrants, credibly estimating this effect is difficult because of selective migration. Some immigrants may not move if economic conditions are not favorable. However, identification is possible for...
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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 three labour types and estimate reduced form wage equations for The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway. We find very small effects on natives? wages and no dominant robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262326
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Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market: does the origin of human capital matter?
Sanromá, Esteban; Ramos, Raúl; Simón, Hipólito - 2009
The aim of this paper is to analyse the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of recent immigrants within the Spanish labour market. Using microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes 2007, the paper examines returns to human capital of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269038