Selective Immigration Policies and Wages Inequality |
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| Authors: | Anthony Edo Farid Toubal |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Paris School of Economics, University of Paris I Pantheon‐Sorbonne, FranceThe authors are grateful to the Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CMH) for having granted us access to the data set. Our appreciation also goes to George Borjas, Benjamin Elsner, Gabriel Felbermayr, Giovianni Peri, Hillel Rapoport and participants in various seminars, who provided us with insightful comments at several stages in the development of this work. Any errors that remain are our own.;2. ENS de Cachan, Paris School of Economics, CEPII, France |
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| Abstract: | We quantify the overall impact of immigration on native wages in France from 1990 to 2010. Our short‐run simulations indicate that immigration has decreased native wages by 0.6%. We find on average no impact of immigration on wages in the long run. However, we show that the long‐run effects of immigration on wages are detrimental to high‐skilled native workers and benefits to low‐skilled native workers. Our structural estimation allows us to evaluate the impact of “selective” migration policies. In particular, we find that selective immigration policies toward highly educated workers reduce the wage dispersion of French native workers. |
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