International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality

Klaus Zimmermann () and Martin Kahanec

No 6797, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic situation of the sending countries through remittances and rise the economic performance of natives and of capital in the host country through complementarities. The chapter suggests that at least skilled immigration promotes economic equality in the host country under standard conditions. The context is empirically documented und theoretically explained in a core model. Also, immigrant assimilation and selection is discussed, as is the role of ethnicity and ethnic identity for relative economic performance.

Keywords: Inequality; Income distribution; Migration; Ethnicity; Minority; Assimilation; Integration; Ethnosizing; Gini-coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D33 D63 E25 F22 F24 J15 J16 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-04
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