The Impact of Immigration on the Employment Dynamics of European Regions

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This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross-country framework. By exploiting the richness of the European Labour Force Surveys and past censuses, we show that the rise in the share of immigrants across European regions over the 2010-2019 period had a modest impact on the employment-to-population rate of natives. However, the effects are highly uneven across regions and workers, and over time. First, the short-run estimates show adverse employment effects in response to immigration, while these effects disappear in the longer run. Second, low-educated native workers experience employment losses due to immigration, whereas high-educated ones are more likely to experience employment gains. Third, the presence of institutions that provide employment protection and high coverage of collective wage agreements exert a protective effect on native employment. Finally, economically dynamic regions can better absorb immigrant workers, resulting in little or no effect on the native workforce.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16469

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigration ; employment ; labour supply ; employment dynamics

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Edo, Anthony ; Özgüzel, Cem
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/282596
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET