Immigration, Search, and Redistribution : A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare

Michele Battisti, Gabriel Felbermayr, Giovanni Peri, Panu Poutvaara

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit in two thirds of countries, contrary to what models without search frictions predict. Median total gains from migration are 1.19% and 1.00% for high and low skilled natives, respectively

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Year of publication:	May 2014
Authors:	Battisti, Michele
Other Persons:	Felbermayr, Gabriel (contributor) ; Peri, Giovanni (contributor) ; Poutvaara, Panu (contributor)
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (contributor)
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research
Subject:	Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Wohlfahrtsanalyse \| Welfare analysis \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Arbeitsuche \| Job search \| Sozialstaat \| Welfare state \| Bevölkerung \| Population \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Verteilungspolitik \| Distributive policy \| OECD-Staaten \| OECD countries \| Umverteilung \| Redistribution

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource
Series:	NBER working paper series ; no. w20131
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers.
Other identifiers:	10.3386/w20131 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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