Arbeitspapier
Migration and wage-setting: reassessing the labor market effects of migration
This paper employs a wage-setting approach to analyze the labor market effects of immigration into Germany. The wage-setting framework relies on the assumption that wages tend to decline with the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This enables us to consider labor market rigidities, which are particularly relevant in Europe. We find that the elasticity of the wage-setting curve is particularly high for young and well-educated workers. The labor market effects of immigration are moderate: a 1 percent increase in the German labor force through immigration increases the unemployment rate by less than 0.1 percentage points and reduces wages by 0.1 percent.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1502
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Thema
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Migration
wage-setting
labor markets
panel data
Internationale Arbeitsmobilität
Einwanderung
Lohnniveau
Lohnverhandlungen
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Brücker, Herbert
Jahn, Elke J.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- (wo)
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Kiel
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Brücker, Herbert
- Jahn, Elke J.
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
Entstanden
- 2009