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The effects of immigration on wages: An application of the structural skill-cell approach
Gerfin, Michael; Kaiser, Boris - 2010
This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This … immigration inflows, we follow the structural skill-cell approach as for example employed by Borjas (2003) and Ottaviano and Peri … wages using the actual immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008. For the long run, the simulations produce some notable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316069
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions : consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
underline the importance of more open immigration policies targeting high-skilled immigrants. The current policy not only cannot …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824777
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The effects of immigration on wages : an application of the structural skill-cell approach
Gerfin, Michael; Kaiser, Boris - 2010
This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This … immigration inflows, we follow the "structural skill-cell approach" as for example employed by Borjas (2003) and Ottaviano and … on domestic wages using the actual immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008. For the long run, the simulations produce some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008760470
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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2017
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598931
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Skill formation, immigration and European integration : the politics of the UK growth model
Coulter, Steve - In: New political economy 23 (2018) 2, pp. 208-222
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011805361
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New York City Immigrants : The 1990s Wave
Rosen, Rae D.; Wieler, Susan; Pereira, Joseph - 2005
Fueled by a steady influx of immigrants, New York City's population turnover in the 1990s was almost double the average for the nation's 100 largest cities. A close look at the city's new foreign-born residents suggests that they are a very diverse group, showing marked differences in education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063626
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Spatial sorting : conference paper
Eeckhout, Jan; Pinheiro, Roberto; Schmidheiny, Kurt - 2013
We investigate the role of complementarities in production and skill mobility across cities. We propose a general equilibrium model of location choice by heterogeneously skilled workers, and consider different degrees of complementarities between the skills of workers. The nature of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337849
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Immigrant Skill Distributions and Location Choices
Besenhard, Petra - 2021
In the wake of rising immigration and concerns about immigrant skill levels, this paper investigates the skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013241275
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Do immigrant workers depress the wages of native workers? : short-term wage effects of immigrants are close to zero : and in the long term immigrants can boost productivity and wag...
Peri, Giovanni - 2014
demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417057
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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers? : immigration crowds native workers out of risky jobs and into less strenuous work, with consequent benefits to their health
Giuntella, Osea - 2014
Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are pushed into less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments …
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