The Effect of Migration on Careers of Natives: Evidence from Long-term Care

Peter Haan and Izabela Wnuk

No 2070, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of increasing foreign staffing on the labor market outcomes of native workers in the German long-term care sector. Using administrative social security data covering the universe of long-term care workers and policy-induced exogenous variation, we find that increased foreign staffing reduces labor shortages but has diverging implications for the careers of native workers in the sector. While it causes a transition of those currently employed to jobs with better working conditions, higher wages, and non-manual tasks, it simultaneously diminishes re-employment prospects for the unemployed natives with LTC experience.

Keywords: Immigration; shift-share instrument; long-term care; EU Enlargement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 p.
Date: 2024
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