Immigration and production technology.

Autor/in	Lewis, Ethan
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Immigration and production technology. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Einwanderung und Produktionstechnologie.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass. (2012), 40 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper. 18310
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Produktionstechnik; Einwanderungsland; Migration; Arbeitskräftestruktur; Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommenseffekt; Produktionsstruktur; Produktivitätseffekt; Qualifikationsstruktur; Unternehmer; Auswirkung; Innovation
Abstract	Research on the labor market impact of immigration typically relies on a single-good model of production with separable capital. This article discusses theory and evidence that suggest that this standard model is too simple to capture the labor market impact of immigration. A reasonable level of capital-skill complementarity, for which there is considerable support outside research on immigration, alone reduces the relative wage impact of immigration by 40 percent compared to simulations with skill-neutral capital. Other models in which the production structure responds to skill mix changes, including models with endogenous choice of technique, directed technical change, or human capital spillovers, can also imply the impact of immigration is considerably different than in the standard model. This article discusses new research which tries to credibly evaluate such models using immigration-induced variation in skill mix, an approach with further potential, and evidence that immigration impacts innovation and firm formation. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/1