LABOUR MARKET RESPONSES TO IMMIGRATION: EVIDENCE FROM INTERNAL MIGRATION DRIVEN BY WEATHER SHOCKS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kleemans, Marieke; Magruder, Jeremy
• 署名单位: University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of California System; University of California Berkeley
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12510
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 2032-2065
• 关键词: minimum-wages; Indonesia; country; IMPACT

摘要

We study the labour market impact of internal migration in Indonesia by instrumenting migrant flows with rainfall shocks at the origin area. Estimates reveal that a one percentage point increase in the share of migrants decreases income by 0.97% and reduces employment by 0.24 percentage points. These effects are different across sectors: employment reductions are concentrated in the formal sector, while income reduction occurs in the informal sector. Negative consequences are most pronounced for low-skilled natives, even though migrants are systematically highly skilled. We suggest that the two-sector nature of the labour market may explain this pattern.