Immigration, unemployment and growth in the host country: Bootstrap panel Granger causality analysis on OECD countries

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This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host country. We employ the bootstrap panel Granger causality testing approach of Kónya (2006) that allows to test for causality on each individual country separably by accounting for dependence across countries. Using annual data over the period 1980-2005 for 22 OECD countries, we find that, only in Portugal, unemployment negatively causes immigration, while in any country, immigration does not cause unemployment. We also find that, in France, Iceland, Norway and United Kingdom, growth positively causes immigration, while in any country, immigration does not cause growth.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5853

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy: General (includes Measurement and Data) ; International Migration ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigration ; growth ; unemployment ; Granger causality

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Boubtane, Ekrame ; Coulibaly, Dramane ; Rault, Christophe
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51823
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201107283796
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET