Immigration and Occupational Mobility of Native Workers in Spain. A Gender Perspective

Leire Aldaz Odriozola () and Begoña Eguía Peña
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Leire Aldaz Odriozola: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Begoña Eguía Peña: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2016, vol. 17, issue 4, No 12, 1193 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper studies the economic effect of immigration on native working conditions, focusing on the impact of the inflow of immigrant labour on occupational mobility among native workers. Basing on a gender-segmented labour market, we propose an extension of the model presented by Peri and Sparber American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(3), 135-169, (2009). The model controls for gender and time in order to check for potential differences in immigration effects associated with gender or immigrant length of residence. This research reveals the existence of such differences, by showing that female immigrant inflow has a greater positive short-term impact on occupational mobility among female unskilled native workers. In addition, the long-term study discloses a slight occupational assimilation of male immigrants towards employment patterns of male native workers and a permanent confinement of female immigrants in a few “niche jobs”.

Keywords: Occupational mobility; Immigration; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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