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
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1502

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Thema
Migration
wage-setting
labor markets
panel data
Internationale Arbeitsmobilität
Einwanderung
Lohnniveau
Lohnverhandlungen
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Brücker, Herbert
Jahn, Elke J.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
(wo)
Kiel
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Brücker, Herbert
  • Jahn, Elke J.
  • Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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