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Immigration and Gender Differences in the Labor Market

Joan Llull

No 1217, Working Papers from Barcelona School of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of immigration on gender gaps in the labor market. Using an equilibrium structural model for the U.S. economy, I simulate the importance of two mechanisms: the differential labor market competition induced by immigration on male and female workers, and the availability of cheaper child care services. On top of wage gaps, the structural model allows me to evaluate gender differences in human capital and labor supply adjustments, which are also influenced by these mechanisms. The main findings suggest that while the labor market competition effects increase gender wage and participation gaps substantially, the availability of cheaper child care compensates this negative effect on average, making overall average effects negligible. However, there is an important degree of heterogeneity of these effects, and while gender gaps are reduced at some points of the skill distribution, they are substantially increased in others.

Keywords: gender gaps; immigration; human capital; childcare cost; competition; equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J2 J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-mig
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