Labor market effects of immigration: Evidence from neighborhood data

Thomas K. Bauer; Regina Flake; Mathias G. Sinning

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Labor market effects of immigration: Evidence from neighborhood data

Thomas K. Bauer, Regina Flake, Mathias G. Sinning^*

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This paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives. Employing an instrumental variable strategy and utilizing the variation in the population share of foreigners across regions and time, we find no support for the hypothesis of adverse labor market effects of immigration. Instead, we find a positive effect of immigration on the employment probabilities of high-skilled natives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	370-385
Number of pages	16
Journal	Review of International Economics
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12042
Publication status	Published - May 2013

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