scholarly journals Employment Verification Mandates and the Labor Market Outcomes of Likely Unauthorized and Native Workers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes ◽  
Cynthia Bansak
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Native Workers

scholarly journals Shoring up economic refugees: Venezuelan migrants in the Ecuadoran labor market

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Olivieri ◽  
Francesc Ortega ◽  
Ana Rivadeneira ◽  
Eliana Carranza
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The Third ◽  
High Educational Attainment ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
Large Survey ◽  
High Educational ◽  
Low Wages

Abstract Ecuador became the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans who left their country in the last five years, hosting around 10 per cent of them. Little is known about the characteristics of these migrants and their labor market outcomes. This article fills this gap by analyzing a new large survey (EPEC). On average, Venezuelan workers are highly skilled and have high rates of employment, compared with Ecuadorans. However, their employment is of much lower quality, characterized by low wages, and high rates of informality and temporality. Venezuelans have experienced significant occupational downgrading, relative to their employment prior to emigration. As a result, despite their high educational attainment, Venezuelans primarily compete for jobs with the least skilled and more economically vulnerable Ecuadoran workers. Our simulations suggest that measures that allow Venezuelans to obtain employment that matches their skills, such as facilitating the conversion of education credentials, would increase Ecuador’s GDP between 1.6 and 1.9 per cent and alleviate the pressure on disadvantaged native workers. We also show that providing work permits to Venezuelan workers would substantially reduce their rates of informality and increase their average earnings.

The effects of (different types of) immigrants on labor market outcomes of (different groups of) natives

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asali
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Complementarity Effect ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Israeli Arabs

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of different types of immigrants on the labor market outcomes of different native groups. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a quasi-experimental approach, utilizing the border closures policy as well as political instability and economic conditions in the major countries of origin as exogenous sources of variation in the number of immigrants, to measure the effect of an immigrant-induced labor supply shock of each immigrant type (Palestinians and foreign guest workers) on the wage and employment of native workers (Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews). Findings The effects of immigrants on local labor market outcomes vary with their origin. The different native groups, moreover, are affected differently by each type of immigrants. Specifically, a foreign-worker-induced increase in the labor supply negatively affects only the least-skilled Jewish workers. In contrast, a 10 percent Palestinian-induced increase in the labor supply increases the wage of Israeli Arabs by 3.4 percent, suggesting a net complementarity effect. Short-term slight employment adjustments occur at the intensive rather than the extensive margin. Originality/value The paper studies heterogeneous effects of immigrants by their type; also it studies heterogeneous effects experienced by different native groups. This paper informs the policy discussion about immigration and its effects on native workers.

Explaining the labor market gaps between immigrants and natives in the OECD

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-262
Author(s):  
Andreas Bergh
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Bayesian Model Averaging ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Model Averaging ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Native Workers

In most OECD-countries immigrants have lower employment and higher unemployment than natives. The gap in labor market outcomes is larger in countries with more immigrant friendly attitudes. This paper suggests that in countries where labor market institutions are less competitive, native workers face less direct wage competition from immigration. As a result, the general population is more immigrant-friendly and income inequality is dampened. On the other hand, employment among immigrants suffers, thwarting the potential economic benefits from immigration. Empirical analysis of 19–28 OECD countries using Bayesian model averaging to cope with the model selection problem, provide support for the relevance of labor market institutions against other plausible explanations of immigrant labor market outcomes. In particular, the unemployment gap is bigger in countries where collective bargaining agreements cover a larger share of the labor market.

scholarly journals Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Foged ◽  
Giovanni Peri
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Occupational Mobility ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Previous Identification

Using longitudinal data on the universe of workers in Denmark during the period 1991–2008, we track the labor market outcomes of low-skilled natives in response to an exogenous inflow of low-skilled immigrants. We innovate on previous identification strategies by considering immigrants distributed across municipalities by a refugee dispersal policy in place between 1986 and 1998. We find that an increase in the supply of refugee-country immigrants pushed less educated native workers (especially the young and low-tenured ones) to pursue less manual-intensive occupations. As a result immigration had positive effects on native unskilled wages, employment, and occupational mobility. (JEL J15, J24, J31, J61, J62)

Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes Among Youth?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Calero ◽  
Veronica Gonzales ◽  
Yuri Soares ◽  
Jochen Kluve ◽  
Carlos Henrique Leite Corseuil
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes
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