Arbeitspapier

Immigration and Distribution of Wages in Austria

Using detailed micro data on earnings and employment, I analyze the effects of immigration on the wage distribution of native male workers in Austria. I find that immigration has heterogeneous effects on wages, differing by type of work as well as the wage level. While there are small , but insignificant, negative effects for blue collar workers at the lower end of the wage distribution there are positive effects on wages at higher percentiles. For white collar workers positive effects occur at most percentiles. The estimated effects of immigration are relatively small in size and not significant for most workers. Overall it seems that most of potentially adverse effects of immigration on natives' wages are offset by complementarities stemming from immigration of workers with different skill levels.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: NRN Working Paper, NRN: The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State ; No. 1109

Classification
Wirtschaft
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Subject
Immigration
Labor market
Wage distribution

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Horvath, Gerard Thomas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State
(where)
Linz
(when)
2011

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Horvath, Gerard Thomas
  • Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State

Time of origin

  • 2011

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