The Wage Effects of Immigration and Emigration

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dc.creatorDocquier, Frederic
dc.creatorOzden, Caglar
dc.creatorPeri, Giovanni
dc.date2012-03-19T18:00:23Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:00:23Z
dc.date2011-02-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:03:18Z
dc.descriptionImmigrants in Rome or Paris are more visible to the public eye than the Italian or French engineers in Silicon Valley, especially when it comes to the debate on the effects of immigration on the employment and wages of natives in high-income countries. This paper argues that such public fears, especially in European countries are misplaced; instead, more concern should be directed towards emigration. Using a new dataset on migration flows by education levels for the period 1990-2000, the results show the following: First, immigration had zero to small positive long-run effect on the average wages of natives, ranging from zero in Italy to +1.7 percent in Australia. Second, emigration had a mild to significant negative long-run effect ranging from zero for the US to -0.8 percent in the UK. Third, over the period 1990-2000, immigration generally improved the income distribution of European countries while emigration worsened it by increasing the wage gap between the high and low skilled natives. These patterns hold true using a range of parameters for the simulations, accounting for the estimates of undocumented immigrants, and correcting for the quality of schooling and/or labor-market downgrading of skills. All results go counter to the popular beliefs about migration, but they are due to the higher skill intensity of both emigration and immigration relative to non-migrants.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3326
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-5556
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414762
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPaper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5556
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGGREGATE INCOME
dc.subjectAVERAGE EDUCATION LEVEL
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGE
dc.subjectAVERAGE WAGES
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN
dc.subjectBRAIN DRAIN MIGRATION
dc.subjectBRAIN GAIN
dc.subjectBRAIN WASTE
dc.subjectBUSINESS CYCLE
dc.subjectCAPITAL-LABOR RATIO
dc.subjectCENSUS DATA
dc.subjectCENSUSES
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCLOSED ECONOMIES
dc.subjectCLOSED ECONOMY
dc.subjectCOBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectCOLLEGE GRADUATE
dc.subjectCOLLEGE GRADUATES
dc.subjectCOMPENSATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRIES OF EMIGRATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN
dc.subjectCROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
dc.subjectDATA ON IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR LABOR
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDOMESTIC LABOR
dc.subjectDOMESTIC LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEDUCATED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectEFFECTS OF MIGRATION
dc.subjectEMIGRANTS
dc.subjectEMIGRATION
dc.subjectEMIGRATION LEVELS
dc.subjectEMIGRATION RATE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subjectEUROPEAN LABOR
dc.subjectEXPATRIATES
dc.subjectFOREIGN WORKERS
dc.subjectFOREIGNERS
dc.subjectFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectGROSS EMIGRATION
dc.subjectGROSS IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectHIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectHOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRIES
dc.subjectHOST COUNTRY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT FROM COUNTRY
dc.subjectIMMIGRANT POPULATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION LEVELS
dc.subjectIMPACT OF IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND CURVE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET IMPACT
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR MOVEMENTS
dc.subjectLABOR RATIO
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLIES
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABOR-MARKET
dc.subjectLABOUR
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectLEGAL STATUS
dc.subjectLONG-RUN EFFECT
dc.subjectLOW EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRANT LABOR
dc.subjectMIGRANT LABOR FORCE
dc.subjectMIGRANT POPULATIONS
dc.subjectMIGRANT STOCK
dc.subjectMIGRATION DATA
dc.subjectMIGRATION FLOWS
dc.subjectMIGRATION PATTERNS
dc.subjectMIGRATION STATISTICS
dc.subjectMIGRATIONS
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNATIONALS
dc.subjectNATIVE WORKERS
dc.subjectNATURALIZATION
dc.subjectNET IMMIGRATION
dc.subjectNET MIGRATION
dc.subjectOCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION DATA
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GAIN
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY LEVEL
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC ATTENTION
dc.subjectQUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRETURN MIGRATION
dc.subjectRETURNEES
dc.subjectRICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSKILL COMPOSITION
dc.subjectSKILL COMPOSITION OF MIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILL GROUP
dc.subjectSKILL GROUPS
dc.subjectSKILL LEVEL
dc.subjectSKILL LEVELS
dc.subjectSKILL PREMIUM
dc.subjectSKILL STRUCTURE
dc.subjectSKILLED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectSKILLED OCCUPATIONS
dc.subjectSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectTERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectTOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectUNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
dc.subjectUNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS
dc.subjectUNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION
dc.subjectUNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS
dc.subjectUNSKILLED JOBS
dc.subjectVISAS
dc.subjectWAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECT
dc.subjectWAGE EFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGE GAINS
dc.subjectWAGE GAP
dc.subjectWAGE IMPACT
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectWAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subjectWAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectWAGE LOSSES
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWORKFORCE
dc.subjectWORKING-AGE POPULATION
dc.titleThe Wage Effects of Immigration and Emigration

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