Welfare effects of immigration in a dual labor market

被引:11
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作者
Fuest, C
Thum, M
机构
[1] Univ Munich, Dept Econ, D-80539 Munich, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, CESifo, D-80539 Munich, Germany
关键词
immigration policy; trade unions; welfare;
D O I
10.1016/S0166-0462(00)00043-0
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The paper analyses the welfare effects of immigration when some sectors of the economy are characterized by wage bargaining between unions and employers. We show that immigration is unambiguously beneficial if the wage elasticity of labor demand in the competitive sectors is smaller than in the unionised sectors. In the opposite case, the welfare effect of immigration is ambiguous; little immigration then reduces the native population's welfare, whereas large scale immigration tends to enhance welfare. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science BN. All rights reserved.
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页码:551 / 563
页数:13
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