How skilled immigration may improve economic equality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13057730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Kahanec (0000-0003-4397-3083), Klaus F Zimmermann (0000-0003-2804-5692, IZA - Institute of Labor Economics) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IZA Journal of Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2193-9039 • E-ISSN: 2193-9039 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1186/2193-9039-3-2 |
| OpenAlex | W1986950754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
Mobile workers involve flows of labor and human capital and contribute to a moreefficient allocation of resources. However, migration also changes relative wages,alters the distribution of skills and affects equality in the receiving society. Thepaper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advancedeconomies under standard conditions. This is discussed and theoretically derived in acore model, and empirically supported using unique data from the WIID database andOECD. JEL codes D33; E25; F22; J15; J61; O15
Capital (architecture · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Immigration · Labour economics · Political science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Mathematics · Migration and Labor Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |