The role of Mexican immigration to the United States in improved workplace safety for natives from 1980 to 2015

Dillender, Marcus; McInerney, Melissa

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2019.102280

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“…These occupations are characterized by requiring a lot of human interaction. These results are consistent with those of Giuntella et al (2019) for the UK and Dillender and McInerney (2020) for the USA.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Therefore, we can conclude that the reduction in workplace accidents for native workers that took place from 2004 to 2009 was, at least partly, driven by the shift of Spanish-born workers from jobs with higher occupational risks to jobs with a lower risk of injury. This result is in line with the findings of Giuntella et al (2019) for the UK and Dillender and McInerney (2020) for the USA.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Given this, the reduction in the number of workplace accidents that we find could be driven by the reallocation of native workers toward jobs that have probably lower injury risks. These results are consistent with those of Giuntella et al (2019) and Dillender and McInerney (2020) for other countries.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…They find that a 10 percentage point increase in the share of immigrants in a local authority reduces the average physical burden of native males by 5% with respect to the mean. A similar approach to Giuntella et al (2019) is used for the USA in the paper by Dillender and McInerney (2020) where the authors explore the role of Mexican immigration to the USA on workplace safety for the native population. Their results show that Mexican immigration can explain 26% of the improvements in occupational risk among natives between 1980 and 2015.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Safety at work and immigration

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This paper examines the effect of immigration on workplace safety, an understudied outcome in the literature. We use a novel administrative dataset of the universe of workplace accidents reported in Spain from 2003 to 2015 and follow an instrumental variables (IV) strategy based on the distribution of early migrants across provinces. Our results show that the massive inflow of immigrants between 2003 and 2009 reduced the number of workplace accidents by 10,980 for native workers (7% of the overall reduction during that period). This decline in workplace accidents is driven by Spanish-born workers shifting away from manual occupations to occupations involving more interpersonal interactions. Immigrant flows during the economic crisis (2010–2015) had no impact on natives’ workplace safety. The scarcity of jobs during that period may have prevented shifts between occupations. Finally, we find no effects of immigration on the workplace safety of immigrants. These results add a previously unexplored dimension to the immigration debate that should be taken into account when evaluating the costs and benefits of migration flows.

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“…A number of recent studies suggest that this adjustment process may improve the job quality of native workers and have non-negligible effects on individual health and well-being [4], [5]. There is also evidence that immigration pushes native workers toward more communication-intensive jobs and reduces the physical burden associated with certain occupations (Figure 1 and Figure 2) [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. Furthermore, immigration decreases the likelihood of native workers working late hours and non-standard shifts [8], [9].…”

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Do immigrants improve the health of native workers?

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2020

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While public debate usually focuses on the effects of immigration on native workers' wages and employment issues, recent evidence suggests that immigration may also have non-trivial effects on other working conditions that are known to affect work-related health risk and thus individual health and well-being. More open immigration policies that allow for a balanced entry of immigrants of different education and skill levels may therefore have positive effects on productivity, with no detrimental effects on wages. They are also likely to have positive effects on job quality and the health of native workers. ELEVATOR PITCH Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that immigrants are more likely than natives to work in risky jobs. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are able to work in less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments lead to a reduction in native occupational risk and thus an improvement in native health.

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Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe

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Rocco

2021

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

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Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

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The role of Mexican immigration to the United States in improved workplace safety for natives from 1980 to 2015

Cited by 10 publications

References 29 publications

Safety at work and immigration

Safety at work and immigration

Do immigrants improve the health of native workers?

Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe

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