Immigration and the economy of cities and regions.

Autor/inn/en	Lewis, Ethan; Peri, Giovanni
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Immigration and the economy of cities and regions. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Einwanderung und die Wirtschaft von Städten und Regionen.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2014), 85 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 20428
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w20428
Schlagwörter	Arbeitnehmer; Ausländer; Europa; Region; Stadt; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; USA; Auswirkung; Migration; Qualifikationsstruktur; Inländer; Regionalwirtschaft; Region; Stadt; Inländer; Migration; Migrationshintergrund; Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommenseffekt; Produktivitätseffekt; Regionalwirtschaft; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Qualifikationsstruktur; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Migrationshintergrund; Auswirkung; Regionaler Faktor; Regionalverteilung; Arbeitnehmer; Ausländer; Europa; USA
Abstract	In this chapter we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more easily identified on local economies. The reason is that their settlements are significantly concentrated across cities and regions, relative to natives. Immigrants are different from natives in several economically relevant skills. Their impact on the local economy depends on these skills. We emphasize that to evaluate correctly such impact we also need to understand and measure the local adjustments produced by the immigrant flow. Workers and firms take advantage of the opportunities brought by immigrants and respond to them trying to maximize their welfare. We present a common conceptual frame to organize our analysis of the local effects of immigration and we describe several applications. We then discuss the empirical literature that has tried to isolate and identify a causal impact of immigrants on the local economies and to estimate the different margins of response and the resulting outcomes for natives of different skill types. We finally survey promising recent avenues for advancing this research. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/1