Immigration and Unemployment*

Withers, Glenn; Pope, David

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4932.1985.tb02010.x

“…The estimated cross elasticities suggested no economy-wide displacement of Canadian-born workers by immigrants. Withers and Pope (1993) studied Australian data spanning the period between 1861 and 1991 using both structural disequilibrium modelling and causality testing. They found that unemployment caused immigration no evidence in the opposite direction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They also found structural breaks in the relationship that originated from government policy changes. Withers and Pope (1985) studied quarterly Australian unemployment and immigration data from 1948 to 1982. They used both statistical causality techniques and conventional structural models to investigate the relationship between immigration and unemployment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the Economic Impact of Immigration on the Host Country: The Case of Norway

Feridun¹

2005

Prague Economic Papers

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Abstract:This article aims at investigating the nature of the causal relationship between immigration and economic development measured by GDP per capita in Norway using Granger causality test. The results on the unit root test indicate that all the series are non-stationary and are in I(1) process. The Johansen cointegration test reveals that there is no cointegration among the data sets. The Granger causality test shows that when the level of immigration increases, GDP per capita also increases. It has also been found that immigration has no impact on unemployment, and vice versa.

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“…Among time series data analysis, few researchers have directed the migration-unemployment studies towards the use of the Granger no-causality testing 2 procedure. Withers and Pope (1985) did a pioneering work, followed by Lee (1992) and Junankar et al (1996). Toda and Yamamoto (1995), Zapata and Rambaldi (1997) and Gujarati (1995);…”

Section: A Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature on Australian migration-unemployment nexus is limited. The noteworthy works are that by Withers and Pope (1985), Lee (1992) and Junankar, et al (1996). The study is a first attempt using Granger no-causality procedure in a VAR model, and further, the use of the Toda and Yamamoto (1995) is expected to improve the standard F-statistics in the causality test process.…”

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confidence: 99%

Do Migrants Rob Jobs? New Evidence from Australia

Tian

¹

,

Shan

²

2014

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This study contributes to the recent debate on immigration and unemployment in Australia by investigating the causal linkage between immigration and unemployment. The question of whether `immigrants rob jobs' is examined by identifying the sources of unemployment through causal linkages between unemployment and other key variables such as immigration. The research finds no Granger causality between immigration and unemployment, but does run from industrial structural change to the high unemployment rate in Australia. This research also finds that both GDP growth and immigration inflow reinforce each other in the course of economic development in Australia. School of EconomicsThe Flinders University of South Australia Jordan Shan Department of Applied EconomicsVictoria University of Technology * We wish to acknowledge, with thanks, helpful suggestions and clarifications made by Alicia Rambaldi in relation to her two recent papers on the causality test procedure. We are also indebted to Fiona Sun for her data collection and helpful comments. Alas, all errors and omissions are our own. 1 DO MIGRANTS ROB JOBS? THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIA ABSTRACT

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“…Among time series data analysis, few researchers have directed the migration-unemployment studies towards the use of the Granger no-causality testing 2 procedure. Withers and Pope (1985) did a pioneering work, followed by Lee (1992) and Junankar et al (1996). Their conclusions are mixed: while xxx (19xx) finds evidence that immigration contributes to high unemployment rate in Australia,xxx (19xx) reject the immigration-cause unemployment hypothesis.…”

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confidence: 99%

Do Migrants Rob Jobs? New Evidence from Australia

Tian

¹

,

Shan

²

1999

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This study contributes to the recent debate on immigration and unemployment in Australia by investigating the causal linkage between immigration and unemployment. The question of whether `immigrants rob jobs' is examined by identifying the sources of unemployment through causal linkages between unemployment and other key variables such as immigration. The research finds no Granger causality between immigration and unemployment, but does run from industrial structural change to the high unemployment rate in Australia. This research also finds that both GDP growth and immigration inflow reinforce each other in the course of economic development in Australia. School of EconomicsThe Flinders University of South Australia Jordan Shan Department of Applied EconomicsVictoria University of Technology * We wish to acknowledge, with thanks, helpful suggestions and clarifications made by Alicia Rambaldi in relation to her two recent papers on the causality test procedure. We are also indebted to Fiona Sun for her data collection and helpful comments. Alas, all errors and omissions are our own. 1 DO MIGRANTS ROB JOBS? THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIA ABSTRACT

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Immigration and Unemployment*

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Investigating the Economic Impact of Immigration on the Host Country: The Case of Norway

Investigating the Economic Impact of Immigration on the Host Country: The Case of Norway

Do Migrants Rob Jobs? New Evidence from Australia

Do Migrants Rob Jobs? New Evidence from Australia

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