Book/Printed Material The labor market impact of immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's

Title

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

Summary

• "We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German labor market, looking at both wage and employment effects. Using the Regional File of the IAB Employment Subsample for the period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and employment levels. It had instead adverse employment and wage effects on previous waves of immigrants. This stems from the fact that, after controlling for education and experience levels, native and migrant workers appear to be imperfect substitutes whereas new and old immigrants exhibit perfect substitutability. Our analysis suggests that if the German labor market were as 'flexible' as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

• D'Amuri, Francesco
• Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.
• Peri, Giovanni
• National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

• Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2008.

Notes

• -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 6/16/2008.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Also available in print.
• -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HB1

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2008610588
• http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13851 External

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2008610588

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2008610588

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