The labour market impact of refugee waves

Michael Clemens and Jennifer Hunt

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Abstract: Recent research has challenged the consensus that sudden inflows of refugees have little or no impact on natives' wages and employment, claiming instead that there are uniformly large detrimental effects on natives without school qualifications. Michael Clemens and Jennifer Hunt demonstrate the flaws in this analysis: the labour market impact of immigration is small even on natives with low skill levels.

Keywords: refugees; immigration; instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10
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