THE LABOUR MARKET EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION IN OECD COUNTRIES

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Docquier, Frederic; Ozden, Caglar; Peri, Giovanni
• 署名单位: Universite Catholique Louvain; The World Bank; University of California System; University of California Davis
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12077
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 1106-1145
• 关键词: capital-skill complementarity; externalities; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY; migration; GROWTH; IMPACT; wages; education; workers

摘要

In this study, we quantify the labour market effects of migration flows in OECD countries during the 1990s based on a new global database on the bilateral stock of migrants, by education level. We simulate various outcomes using an aggregate model of labour markets, parameterised by a range of estimates from the literature. We find that immigration had a positive effect on the wages of less educated natives and it increased or left unchanged the average native wages. Emigration, instead, had a negative effect on the wages of less educated native workers and increased inequality within countries.