Essays on migration

Matti Sarvimäki ()

No P51, Research Reports from VATT Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This dissertation consists of four empirical essays and an introductory chapter on the economics of migration. The first two essays study the long- term effects of relocating 11% of the Finnish population after the World War II. The first essay suggests that this shock set off a self-reinforcing process, where municipalities receiving the largest flows of displaced persons grew faster also in later periods. The second essay shows that being displaced increased long-term income of men, but had no effect on income of women. A large part of the effect is attributed to faster transition from traditional (rural) to modern (urban) occupations among the displaced. The remaining essays focus on more recent immigrants to Finland. The third essay finds that upon arrival immigrants earn substantially less than comparable natives. Only men from OECD countries converge to natives' earnings over time. The last essay suggests that the impact of integration plans increased immigrants' employment and earnings and decreased their dependency on social benefits.

Keywords: Migration, labor economics, economic geography, muuttoliike, työn taloustiede, talousmaantiede, Economic growth, Taloudellinen kasvu, Labour market, Työmarkkinat, Regional development, Aluekehitys, Labor market and policies promoting economic growth, Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka, F120 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies, F220 - International Migration, H430 - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate, J310 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc. (industry, schooling, experience, tenure, cohort, etc.), J610 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers, N940 - Regional and Urban History: Europe: 1913-, O150 - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration (nutrition, health, education, fertility, household structure and formation, labor markets), R120 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography), R230 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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