Does Immigration Boost Per Capita Income?

Gabriel Felbermayr, Sanne Hiller () and Davide Sala ()
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Sanne Hiller: Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Postal: Frichshuset Hermodsvej 22, 8230 Åbyhøj , Denmark, http://www.asb.dk/staff.aspx?pid=18354
Davide Sala: Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Postal: Frichshuset Hermodsvej 22, 8230 Åbyhøj , Denmark, http://www.asb.dk/staff.aspx?pid=11446

No 08-23, Working Papers from University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics

Abstract: Using a cross-section of countries, we adapt Frankel and Romer's (1999) IV strategy to international labor mobility. Controlling for institutional quality, trade, and nancial openness, we establish a robust and non-negative causal e ect of immigration on real percapita income.

Keywords: Gravity model; International trade; International migration; Cross-country income regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2008-10-01
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