DO MIGRANTS ROB JOBS - LESSONS OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, 1861-1991
成果类型：
Review
署名作者：
La Trobe University
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0507
DOI：
10.1017/S0022050700051299
发表日期：
1993
页码：
719-742
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摘要：
Historically, lands of recent settlement have had a thirst for immigrants, but one that has been procyclical (negatively related to unemployment rates). For a period in the early 1980s, Australia's major political parties supported high immigration in spite of rising unemployment. This article explores the long-run relationship between immigration and local unemployment, posing the question, ''Do migrants rob jobs?'' It also seeks to apply long-run historical analysis to recent economic debate: would Australia's unemployment rate have been lower in very recent times without so many immigrants?