Arbeitspapier
Labor market integration of migrants: Hidden costs and benefits in two-tier welfare states
We apply a monopoly trade union model and analyze employment, wage and budgetary effects of (i) an inflow of migrant workers and (ii) an increase in the labor market participation rate of migrants. Per assumption, natives and migrants solely differ with respect to the level of benefit claims in a two-tier welfare system. Furthermore, the labor effects are studied under two types of union behavior. Analyzing the ceteris paribus labor market effects, we identify hidden costs and benefits of intensified integration that emerge from the design of the welfare program. We support previous findings in case of an inflow of migrant workers. More interesting, though, it is shown that a larger share of migrants in the workforce increases (decreases) the employment level, if the union represents (does not represent) migrant workers.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2012/5
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
- Subject
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migration
welfare state
trade union
Migranten
Berufliche Integration
Sozialhilfe
Soziale Integration
Gewerkschaft
Monopol
Lohn
Beschäftigungseffekt
Bevölkerung
Theorie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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König, Jan
Skupnik, Christoph
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- König, Jan
- Skupnik, Christoph
- Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Time of origin
- 2012
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