Do immigrants take the jobs of native workers?

Arbeitspapier

In this paper, we focus on the short-run adjustments taking place at the workplace level when immigrants are employed. Specifically, we analyse whether individual native workers are replaced or displaced by the employment of immigrants within the same narrowly defined occupations at the workplace. For this purpose, we estimate a competing risks duration model for job spells of native workers that distinguishes between job-to-job and job-to-unemployment transitions. In general, we do not find any signs of native workers being displaced by immigrants. Furthermore, we find only very limited signs of replacement of native workers by immigrants. Instead, in particular low-skilled native workers are less likely to lose or leave their jobs when the firms hire immigrants.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4111

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• Subject: Immigration ; adjustment costs ; displacement ; job spells ; duration model ; Internationale Arbeitsmobilität ; Einwanderung ; Migranten ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Dänemark

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj ; Munch, Jakob Roland ; Skaksen, Jan Rose
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35770
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2009051383
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET