A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration

Rob Euwals () and Hans Roodenburg
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Rob Euwals: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

No 75, CPB Memorandum from CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Abstract: In this paper, we study gains and losses that accrue to natives because of immigration. The gain on the aggregated level is called the 'immigration surplus', which can be seen as analogous to a consumer surplus. We derive changes in the earnings of native owners of production factors by employing a stylized model with capital and two types of labour. We claim that the changes in earnings are larger than reported by previous studies, and we propose a new method to tally them up to the immigration surplus.

JEL-codes: D30 D60 J31 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-10
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