The impact of immigrants on the macroeconomy

Chiswick, Carmel U.; Chiswick, Barry R.; Karras, Georgios

doi:10.1016/0167-2231(92)90010-g

“…In the short-run, capital intensity is decreased as additions to the workforce are from lower skilled workers, but over time businesses expand their capital as they increase production. These conclusions are consistent with those made in earlier work by Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1995) and Chiswick et al (1992), linking higher levels of immigration to capital deepening and higher per capita consumption.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Through the last century and into this one, immigration policy has been subjected to changing economic needs, fears, and political whims. Positive contributions of immigration have been identified by Neal and Uselding (1972) who estimate that the flow of immigrants into the United States between 1790 and 1912 resulted in a 13 to 42 percent higher level of capital stock than would have prevailed in the absence of immigration during these years (also see Barro andSala-i-Martin 1995 andChiswick et al 1992). Immigration has also been more recently explored in various countries as a mechanism for replacing retiring baby-boom workers (e.g., Hamada and Kato 2007, Hotchkiss 2005, Denton and Spencer 1997.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Wage Impact of Undocumented Workers

Hotchkiss

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Quispe-Agnoli

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Rios‐Avila

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2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in www.econstor.euThe paper has benefited from comments and suggestions from George Borjas, J. David Brown, Curtis Florence, Jerry Gonzalez, Gordon Hanson, Robert E. Moore, Pia Orrenius, Giovanni Peri, Debra Sabia, Eric Seiber, Chad Sparber, Madeline Zavodny, and seminar participants at the Departments of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Kentucky, the University of Georgia Department of Public Administration and Policy, Claremont-McKenna College, and the University of California-Riverside. The research assistance of Gustavo Canavire, M. Laurel Graefe, Gustavo Uceda, and Eric Wang is much appreciated. The views expressed here are the authors' and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve System. Any remaining errors are the authors' responsibility. Abstract: Using administrative, individual-level, longitudinal data from the state of Georgia, this paper finds that a documented worker employed by a firm that hires undocumented workers can expect to earn 0.15 percent less than if employed by a firm that does not hire undocumented workers. However, in sectors where there are opportunities for task specialization and benefits from communication skills, documented workers can expect to earn a wage premium of less than 1 percent from being employed at a firm that also hires undocumented workers.JEL classification: J30, J15

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“…The effect of immigration on natives' wages and labor market responses are certainly the most discussed while macro-economic effects from immigration lack attention in the literature (Drinkwater et al, 2007). Studies of economic benefits from migration for the host country include Ben-Gad (2004), Chiswick et al (1992) and Paserman (2008). The impact of immigration on innovation has been studied by Gauthier-Loiselle and Hunt (2009) and Niebuhr (2006).…”

Section: Economic Effects Of Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigration and the Diffusion of Technology: The Huguenot Diaspora in Prussia

Hornung

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2014

American Economic Review

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. This paper analyzes the long-term effect of technological diffusion on productivity caused by immigration of skilled workers. In 1685 religious persecution drove highly skilled Huguenots into the backward BrandenburgPrussia where they established themselves and transferred technological knowledge to natives. We find that textile manufactories installed in towns hosting the Huguenots achieved higher productivity than others due to diffusion, even 100 years after immigration. Identification is based on an instrumental variable approach exploiting variation in the settlement of Huguenots which results from population losses due to plagues during the Thirty Years' War, effectively eliminating worries of selectivity in the settlement pattern. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may

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“…The impact of immigration on the destination labour market has been modelled by a number of studies, including Chiswick, Chiswick and Karras (1992) and Chiswick (1980Chiswick ( , 1998. The key factor driving the effects of migration on income inequality in receiving countries in these models is the substitutability or complementarity of immigrant and native labour.…”

Section: Theories Of Economic Impact Of Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality

Kahanec

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Zimmermann

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2008

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractMobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national distribution of skills and thereby equality in the receiving society. This paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is theoretically explained in a core model and empirically documented using unique data from the WIID database and OECD.JEL: D33, E25, F22, J15, J61, O15

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The impact of immigrants on the macroeconomy

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