The effect of migration on careers of natives : evidence from long-term care

Peter Haan and Izabela Wnuk

This paper examines the effect of increasing foreign staffing on the labor market outcomes of native workers in the German long-term care sector. Using administrative social security data covering the universe of long-term care workers and policy-induced exogenous variation, we find that increased foreign staffing reduces labor shortages but has diverging implications for the careers of native workers in the sector. While it causes a transition of those currently employed to jobs with better working conditions, higher wages, and non-manual tasks, it simultaneously diminishes re-employment prospects for the unemployed natives with LTC experience.

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Year of publication:	2024
Authors:	Haan, Peter ; Wnuk, Izabela
Publisher:	Berlin : DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research
Subject:	immigration \| shift-share instrument \| long-term care \| EU Enlargement \| Häusliche Pflege \| Domestic care \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Internationale Migration \| International migration \| EU-Mitgliedschaft \| EU membership \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Erwerbsverlauf \| Occupational attainment \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Pflegeversicherung \| Long-term care insurance