Does IT matter where immigrants work? Traded goods, non-traded goods, and sector specific employment

Harry Bowen () and Jennifer Wu

Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Working Paper Series from Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

Abstract: Immigrant employment often concentrates in non-traded goods sectors and many immigrants have low inter-sectoral mobility. We consider these observed characteristics of immigrant employment for the question of how immigration affects a nations pattern of production and trade. We model an economy producing three goods; one is non-traded. Domestic labor and capital are domestically mobile but internationally immobile. Some immigrant labor is specific to the non-traded sector. Our model indicates that the output and trade effects of immigration depend importantly on the sector and nature of immigrant employment. Empirical investigation of the models predictions indicates that trade and immigration are complements.

Keywords: trade; immigration; non-traded goods; specific factors; panel. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D5 F16 F22 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2004-08-21
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