Restrictive immigration policy in Germany: pains and gains foregone?

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Geis, Wido; Kohler, Wilhelm

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dc.contributor.author	Felbermayr, Gabriel	de
dc.contributor.author	Geis, Wido	de
dc.contributor.author	Kohler, Wilhelm	de
dc.date.accessioned	2011-02-02T02:50:00Z	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T23:15:18Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T23:15:18Z
dc.date.issued	2010	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/21409
dc.description.abstract	Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and employment effects. We quantify these effects for Germany. Following Borjas (in Q J Econ CXVIII(4):1335–1374, 2003), we estimate a structural model of labor demand, based on elasticities of substitution between workers with different experience levels and education. We allow for unemployment which we model in a price-wage-setting framework. Simulating a counterfactual scenario without restrictions for migration from new EU members countries in Germany, we find moderate negative wage and employment effects for incumbent foreigners, but positive effects for natives. Our results indicate that for the native German population as a whole the immigration restrictions are not welfare enhancing.	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Wirtschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Economics	en
dc.subject.other	Labor demand; Wages; Unemployment; EU enlargement; JEL classification: F22; F15; J23
dc.title	Restrictive immigration policy in Germany: pains and gains foregone?	en
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Review of World Economics	de
dc.source.volume	146	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Economics	en
dc.subject.classoz	Arbeitsmarktforschung	de
dc.subject.classoz	Wirtschaftswissenschaften	de
dc.subject.classoz	Labor Market Research	en
dc.subject.thesoz	labor migration	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	EU-Erweiterung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Migration	de
dc.subject.thesoz	wage	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Arbeitslosigkeit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Arbeitsmigration	de
dc.subject.thesoz	EU expansion	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Arbeitskräftenachfrage	de
dc.subject.thesoz	migration	en
dc.subject.thesoz	labor demand	en
dc.subject.thesoz	unemployment	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Lohn	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-214091	de
dc.date.modified	2012-08-23T13:28:00Z	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	en
ssoar.gesis.collection	SOLIS;ADIS	de
ssoar.contributor.institution	http://www.peerproject.eu/	de
internal.status	3	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.rights.copyright	f	de
dc.source.pageinfo	1-21
internal.identifier.classoz	10900
internal.identifier.classoz	20101
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	330
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0044-z	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
internal.identifier.licence	7
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internal.identifier.review	1
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