The wage impact of immigration in Germany: New evidence for skill groups and occupations

No 1-23, HWWI Research Papers from Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

Abstract: The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the adequate technique to identify the impact of immigration. Initially the regression analysis on the basis of education-experience cells reveals that the impact of immigration on native wages in Germany is negative, but small. The subsequent analysis on the basis of occupations using the same data yields a considerably higher adjustment coefficient and indicates strong wage effects within primary service occupations with a magnitude comparable to results for the US. The analysis therefore demonstrates that the use of formal qualifications as an exclusive classification criterion may lead to an underestimation of the impact of immigration.

Keywords: Labour market impact of migration; skill group approach; occupations; fixed effects model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J15 J31 J42 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Journal Article: The Wage Impact of Immigration in Germany - New Evidence for Skill Groups and Occupations (2011)
Working Paper: The wage impact of immigration in Germany - new evidence for skill groups and occupations (2009)
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