The Impact of Immigration on the Employment Dynamics of European Regions

Anthony Edo and Cem Ozguzel

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Abstract: This paper provides the first evidence on the regional impact of immigration on native employment in a cross-country framework. We show that the rise in the share of immigrants across European regions over the 2010-2019 period had a modest impact on the employment-to-population rate of natives. However, the effects are highly uneven across regions and workers, and over time. First, the short-run estimates show adverse employment effects in response to immigration, while these effects disappear in the longer run. Second, low-educated native workers experience employment losses due to immigration, whereas high-educated ones are more likely to experience employment gains. Third, the presence of institutions that provide employment protection and high coverage of collective wage agreements exert a protective effect on native employment. Finally, economically dynamic regions can better absorb immigrant workers, resulting in little or no effect on the native workforce.

Keywords: Immigration; Employment; Labour Supply; Employment Dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J21 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-int, nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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