@techreport{GonzalezLuna2008very,
abstract = {In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. Between 2001 and 2006 the fraction of the population born abroad more than doubled, increasing from 4.8% to 10.8%. For Spanish provinces with above-median inflows (relative to population), immigration increased the high school dropout population by 24%, while only increasing the number of college graduates by 11%. We study the different channels by which regional labor markets have absorbed the large increase in the relative supply of low educated (foreign-born) workers. We identify the exogenous supply shock using historical immigrant settlement patterns by country of origin. Using data from the Labor Force Survey and the decennial Census, we find a large expansion of employment in high immigration regions. Specifically, most industries in high-immigration regions experienced a large increase in the share of low-education employment. We do not find an effect on regions' sectoral specialization. Overall, and perhaps surprisingly, Spanish regions have absorbed immigration flows in the same fashion as US local economies.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Libertad Gonz\'{a}lez Luna and Francesc Ortega},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J2; 330; Immigration; open economies; Rybcszynski; instrumental variables; Einwanderung; Arbeitsangebot; Politik der offenen T\"{u}r; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt; Faktorproportionentheorem; Industrieller Strukturwandel; Sch\"{a}tzung; Spanien; Vergleich; USA},
language = {eng},
number = {3311},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {How do very open economies absorb large immigration flows? recent evidence from Spanish regions},
type = {IZA Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/34971},
year = {2008}
}
