What Happens to the Careers of European Workers When Immigrants “Take Their Jobs”?

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 2015
Volume: 50
Issue: 3

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Following a representative longitudinal sample of native European residents over the period 1995–2001, we identify the effect of the inflows of immigrants on natives’ career, employment, and wages. We control for individual, country- year, occupation group- year, and occupation group- country heterogeneity and shocks, and construct an imputed inflow of the foreign-born population that is exogenous to local demand shocks. We find that native European workers are more likely to move to occupations associated with higher skills and status when a larger number of immigrants enters their labor market. We find no evidence of an increase in their probability of becoming unemployed.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:50:y:2015:i:3:p:655-693
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25