Immigration, Diversity and the Labour Market Outcomes of Native Workers: Some Recent Developments

Gianmarco Ottaviano

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: This brief essay provides a selective discussion of how in recent years economists in the neoclassical tradition have addressed the questions whether and how immigration affects native workers' labour market outcomes. In particular, it discusses: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using wage changes to identify those effects; and the problem of assessing a causal link from immigration to natives' labour market outcomes.

Keywords: Immigration; wages; productivity; cultural diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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