Immigration, Search, and Redistribution: A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare

Michele Battisti (), Gabriel Felbermayr, Giovanni Peri and Panu Poutvaara

No 20131, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search frictions, wage bargaining, and a redistributive welfare state. Our quantitative analysis suggests that, in all 20 countries studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit in two thirds of countries, contrary to what models without search frictions predict. Median total gains from migration are 1.19% and 1.00% for high and low skilled natives, respectively.

JEL-codes: F22 J31 J61 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-05
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Published as Michele Battisti & Gabriel Felbermayr & Giovanni Peri & Panu Poutvaara, 2018. "Immigration, Search and Redistribution: A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare," Journal of the European Economic Association, vol 16(4), pages 1137-1188.

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