Immigration Policy and Macroeconomic Performance in France
Hippolyte d'Albis,
Ekrame Boubtane and
Dramane Coulibaly
Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2016, issue 121-122, 279-308
Abstract:
This paper quantitatively assesses the interaction between permanent immigration into France and France's macroeconomic performance as seen through its GDP per capita and its unemployment rate. It takes advantage of a new database where immigration is measured by the flow of newly-issued long-term residence permits, categorized by both the nationality of the immigrant and the reason the permit was issued. Using a VAR model estimation of monthly data over the period 1994-2008, we find that immigration flow significantly responds to France's macroeconomic performance: positively to the country's GDP per capita and negatively to its unemployment rate. At the same time, we find that immigration itself increases France's GDP per capita, particularly in the case of family immigration. This family immigration also reduces the country's unemployment rate, especially when the families come from developing countries.
Keywords: Immigration; Female and Family Migration; Growth; Unemployment; VAR Models. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E20 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.15609/annaeconstat2009.121-122.279
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