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The Unemployment Impact of Immigration in OECD Countries

Jean, Sébastien - 2007

This paper assesses the consequences of immigration for natives' unemployment in OECD countries and investigates the … role played by product and labour market policies in the economy's adjustment to immigration inflows. The estimations …

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How did immigrants fare in the Irish labour market over the Great Recession?

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Connell, Philip J.; … - 2016

This paper identifies the labour market impact of the Great Recession on immigrants compared to natives and how this relationship has evolved since the downturn. We find that the employment penalty suffered by immigrant workers, relative to native workers, increased significantly over the Irish...

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Migration in Ireland : challenges, opportunities and policies

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016

responsive to changes in cyclical conditions. Immigration provides the skills that the Irish economy needs. The crisis triggered … a sharp reversal in migration flows, with immigration suddenly halting and emigration increasing. A large proportion of … emigration is highly qualified, as is a high proportion of immigration. This pattern of “brain exchange” can contribute to …

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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...

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Immigration, Unemployment and Growth: Empirical Evidence from Greece

Chletsos, Michael; Roupakias, Stelios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Abstract: This paper applies cointegration analysis and Granger non-causality tests in order to identify the direction of causality between migration in Greece and two macroeconomic variables: GDP and unemployment. We use annual data for the 1980-2011 period. The data are drawn from the...

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The labor market impact of immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's

D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, … - Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI) - 2008

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … 'flexible' as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …

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Työllisten maahanmuuttajien määrä on kasvanut Suomessa

Kangasharju, Aki; Kauhanen, Antti; Kalmbach, Aino; … - 2023

immigrant employment in Finland and the fiscal impact of immigration as well as the effect on the labor market. We show that the … of immigration. We show that the fiscal impact of immigration depends heavily on the characteristics of immigrants and … the time of immigration and therefore no general conclusions can be made on the economic impact. However, we show that …

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Immigration and the UK Economy after Brexit

Portes, Jonathan - 2022

I review trends in migration to the UK since the Brexit referendum, examining first the sharp fall in net migration from the EU that resulted, and then the recent more dramatic exodus of foreign-born residents during the covid-19 pandemic. I describe the new post-Brexit system, and review...

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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's

D'Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Peri, … - Banca d'Italia - 2008

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987- 2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … ï¿½flexibleï¿½ as the UK labor market, it would be more effcient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …

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A Macroeconomic Experiment in Mass Immigration

Hercowitz, Zvi; Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper studies the effects of mass immigration from the former USSR to Israel in the 1990s on the employment of the … native employment and the relative price of domestic goods - is estimated, finding negative effects of immigration on native … employment a year after arrival. The delay in the effect is attributed to a positive impact of immigration on the excess demand …

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