Can immigrant employment alleviate the demographic burden? The role of union centralization

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 1
Pages: 123-126

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

We examine how labor immigration affects public pensions under centralized wage setting. We show that immigration improves the sustainability of pay-as-you-go pensions if and only if total employment declines. This occurs if the labor demand elasticity exceeds the unemployment rate.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:1:p:123-126
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25