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Title:
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Immigrants at the Workplace and the Wages of Native Workers
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Author:
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Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj |
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Abstract:
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We propose a complementary approach to analyze the impact of immigration on the wages of native workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Denmark for a relatively long time period (1993-2004), we study the consequences of an increased use of immigrants at the most disaggregate level – the workplace. We find that an increase in the share of workers from less developed countries at the workplace has a signifi cantly negative effect on the wages of natives – also when controlling for potential endogeneity using both fi xed effects and IV. The use of immigrants from more developed countries also appears to be correlated with wages. However, these correlations disappear when controlling for unobserved fi rm and worker characteristics and are thus likely to reflect selection rather than a causal effect of these immigrants. Finally, we find a positive impact on the wages of native workers from having Eastern European co-workers. |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7638
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Date:
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2007-12-12 |
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