Does Immigration Boost Per Capita Income?

Using a cross-section of countries, we adapt Frankel and Romer's (1999) IV strategy to international labor mobility. Controlling for institutional quality, trade, and financial openness, we establish a robust and non-negative causal effect of immigration on real percapita income.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Felbermayr, Gabriel J ; Hiller, Sanne ; Sala, Davide
Institutions:	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Subject:	Gravity model \| international trade \| international migration \| cross-country income regression

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Diskussionspapiere aus dem Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Hohenheim.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series RePEc:hoh:hohdip Number 300/2008 9 pages
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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