International Trade Theory: The Evidence

Leamer, Edward E.; Levinsohn, James

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“…From this it follows immediately that d ln w U / dπ = d ln w U / dπ = 0. This result, essentially similar to the factor price equalisation theorem (Samuelson 1953), is what Leamer and Levinsohn (1995) call factor price insensitivity. Wages are determined solely by prices through the zero profit condition (2).…”

Section: Two Output Goodssupporting

confidence: 58%

Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses

Dustmann¹,

Preston²

Research in Labor Economics

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In this paper we study attitudinal responses of host country residents towards further immigration that are triggered by economic considerations. We develop an economic model motivating the empirical work that takes a broader view on these issues than previous papers. We provide empirical analysis that is based on data more specific and better suited to pick up the many channels of economic interest through which benefits and costs of immigration may be felt. Results support previous literature in establishing strong associations between individual characteristics and a wide range of responses to questions relating to perceived impact of immigrants on economic outcomes. Our analysis points to the importance of a wider view on channels of economic interest and the way these affect assessment of immigration. AbstractIn this paper we study attitudinal responses of host country residents towards further immigration that are triggered by economic considerations. We develop an economic model motivating the empirical work that takes a broader view on these issues than previous papers. We provide empirical analysis that is based on data more specific and better suited to pick up the many channels of economic interest through which benefits and costs of immigration may be felt. Results support previous literature in establishing strong associations between individual characteristics and a wide range of responses to questions relating to perceived impact of immigrants on economic outcomes. Our analysis points to the importance of a wider view on channels of economic interest and the way these affect assessment of immigration.JEL: J2, J3, F2

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Section: Two Output Goodssupporting

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Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses

Dustmann¹,

Preston²

Research in Labor Economics

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“…In an open-economy Heckscher-Ohlin model, trade can offset the impact of immigration as the output mix of tradable goods changes in line with changes in factor supplies. Assuming that the local economy is not large relative to the rest of the world and/or that inflows of immigrants are small relative to the local labor supply, local wages will not be affected--the "factor price insensitivity" result (Leamer and Levinsohn 1995). In an amended open-economy model in which skills of workers are highly specific to particular industries (Grossman and Helpman 1994;Jones 1971), the predictions match those from the FP analysis only as long as all goods are traded (then natives will be disadvantaged by immigrants of similar skills levels, regardless of industry specificity among the highly skilled).…”

Section: Labor Market Competitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes toward Highly Skilled and Low-skilled Immigration: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

2010

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W hy do people oppose or favor immigration?Recent scholarly work examining survey data on individual attitudes toward immigration has generated inconsistent findings and no clear consensus view. Many studies suggest that opposition to immigration is primarily driven by noneconomic concerns associated with cultural and ethnic tensions between native and immigrant populations (Bauer, Lofstrom, and Zimmerman 2000;Burns and Gimpel 2000;Chandler and Tsai 2001;Citrin et al. 1997;Dustmann and Preston 2007;Espenshade and Hempstead 1996;Fetzer 2000;Gang, Rivera-Batiz, and Yun 2002;Lahav 2004;McLaren 2003). These studies emphasize noneconomic differences between individuals in terms of ethnocentrism and ideology in explaining attitudes toward immigrants and connect to an extensive body of empirical research indicating that material self-interest rarely plays a role in shaping people's opinions about major policy issues (Kinder and Sears 1981;Sears and Funk 1990;Sears et al. 1980).A very different set of studies argue that material economic concerns lie at the heart of anti-immigrant Both authors are affiliated with Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) which generously provided funding for the survey. We thank Alberto Abadie, George Borjas, Giovanni Facchini, Gordon Hanson, Gary King, David Lynch, Anna Mayda, Dani Rodrik, Ken Scheve, Matthew Slaughter, Dustin Tingley, the co-editors, and five anonymous reviewers for very helpful comments. The usual disclaimer applies.

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“…2 Table 1 gives an overview of earlier empirical work using gravitytype models. (For surveys see also Frankel (1997) or Leamer and Levinsohn (1995) lematic. We will pick up this argument below (Section 3) in a more formal framework.…”

Section: International Tradementioning

confidence: 99%

The distance puzzle: on the interpretation of the distance coefficient in gravity equations

2004

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International Trade Theory: The Evidence

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Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses

Is Immigration Good or Bad for the Economy? Analysis of Attitudinal Responses

Attitudes toward Highly Skilled and Low-skilled Immigration: Evidence from a Survey Experiment

The distance puzzle: on the interpretation of the distance coefficient in gravity equations

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