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We estimate the causal effect of immigration on the labor market outcomes of resident employees in Switzerland, whose … foreign labor force has increased by 32.8% in the last decade. To address endogeneity of immigration into different labor … that part in the variation of immigration which can be explained by migration push-factors in the source countries. We find …
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We estimate the causal effect of immigration on the labor market outcomes of resident employees in Switzerland, whose … foreign labor force has increased by 32.8% in the last decade. To address endogeneity of immigration into different labor … that part in the variation of immigration which can be explained by migration push-factors in the source countries. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757268
We estimate the causal effect of immigration on unemployment, employment and wages of resident employees in Switzerland …, whose foreign labor force has increased by 32.8% in the last ten years. To address endogeneity of immigration into different … immigration which can be explained by migration push-factors in the source countries. While OLS estimates suggest that immigrants …
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employment (rather than wage) response by skill to immigration in a state, I can estimate the substitutability … of the Mexican Population to predict immigration by skill level within California. Looking at immigration to California …, in turn, explains the counter-intuitive fact that there is a zero correlation between immigration and wage and employment …
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The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … accounting for human capital endowments. Our analysis confirms the previous finding of limited effect of immigration on …
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This paper investigates the dynamics of wage adjustment to an exogenous increase in labor supply by exploiting the sudden and unexpected inflow of repatriates to France created by the independence of Algeria in 1962. I track the impact of this particular supply shift on the average wage of...
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This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross …-run estimates show adverse employment effects in response to immigration, while these effects disappear in the longer run. Second …, low-educated native workers experience employment losses due to immigration, whereas high-educated ones are more likely to …
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the education distribution between immigrants and the native born. Using data for New Zealand, which has an immigration …
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new insights on potential drivers for the observed non-negative wage effects of immigration. We develop a model of a labor … supply reduces a firm's credibility. By this effect, a higher labor supply - for example caused by immigration - can increase …
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Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand …
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