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The labor market impact of immigration: A quasi-experiment exploiting immigrant location rules in Germany
Ist Teil von
Journal of labor economics, 2012, Vol.30 (1), p.175-213
Ort / Verlag
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
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With the fall of the Berlin Wall, ethnic Germans living in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union were given the opportunity to migrate to Germany. Within 15 years, 2.8 million individuals had done so. Upon arrival, these immigrants were exogenously allocated to different regions to ensure an even distribution across the country. Their inflow can therefore be seen as a quasi-experiment of immigration. I analyze the effect of these inflows on skill-specific employment rates and wages. The results indicate a displacement effect of 3.1 unemployed workers for every 10 immigrants that find a job, but no effect on relative wages.