Do Immigrants Displace Native Workers? Evidence from Matched Panel Data

Pedro Martins, Matloob Piracha and Jose Varejao ()

No 6644, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using matched employer-employee data, we analyse the impact of immigrants on natives' employment in Portugal. Using different model specifications, we show that the natives and immigrants are 'complements' at most occupation levels, in the sense that they are jointly hired and fired. Controlling for different skill-level groups as well as for temporary and permanent jobs, the estimates show that, contrary to the evidence from some existing literature, the natives at the lower end of the skills spectrum are not affected by the presence of immigrants as well.

Keywords: matched employer-employee data; displacement; immigrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2012-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem, nep-lab and nep-mig
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Published - published in: Economic Modelling, 72(C), 216-222, 2018

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Journal Article: Do immigrants displace native workers? Evidence from matched panel data (2018)
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