Immigration and Unemployment of Skilled and Unskilled Labor

Shigemi Yabuuchi ()
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Shigemi Yabuuchi: Nagoya City University, Postal: Department of Economics, Nagoya City University,, Yamanohata, Mizuho Nagoya 467-8501 Japan

Journal of Economic Integration, 2008, vol. 23, 331-345

Abstract: This paper discusses the problem of unemployment in developed countries that faces international labor movement. There are two types of unemployment. The first traditional type of unemployment exists simply because the common wage rate is fixed and higher than the equilibrium level. The second one may exist when the wage rate in one sector is high and fixed, while that in the other is flexible. On the other hand, an extensive movement of labor among countries has been observed. Thus, this paper investigates the effects of immigration and other policies on the two types of unemployment.

Keywords: Unemployment; Skilled labor; Unskilled labor; Immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 F22 J64 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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