Following a representative longitudinal sample of native European residents over the period 1995-2001, we identify the effect of the infl ows of immigrants on natives' career, employment, and wages. We control for individual, country- year, occupation group- year, and occupation group- country heterogeneity and shocks, and construct an imputed infl ow of the foreignborn population that is exogenous to local demand shocks. We fi nd that native European workers are more likely to move to occupations associated with higher skills and status when a larger number of immigrants enters their labor market. We fi nd no evidence of an increase in their probability of becoming unemployed.

What happens to the careers of European workers when immigrants "take their jobs"? / C. Cattaneo, C.V. Fiorio, G. Peri. - In: JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES. - ISSN 0022-166X. - 50:3(2015), pp. 655-693. [10.3368/jhr.50.3.655]

What happens to the careers of European workers when immigrants "take their jobs"?

C. Cattaneo
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C.V. Fiorio;
2015

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Following a representative longitudinal sample of native European residents over the period 1995-2001, we identify the effect of the infl ows of immigrants on natives' career, employment, and wages. We control for individual, country- year, occupation group- year, and occupation group- country heterogeneity and shocks, and construct an imputed infl ow of the foreignborn population that is exogenous to local demand shocks. We fi nd that native European workers are more likely to move to occupations associated with higher skills and status when a larger number of immigrants enters their labor market. We fi nd no evidence of an increase in their probability of becoming unemployed.
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2015
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