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| Title: | | Migration, the quality of the labour force and economic inequality  |
| Authors: | | Kahanec, Martin Zimmermann, Klaus F. |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion papers // German Institute for Economic Research 781 |
| Abstract: | | Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national distribution of skills and thereby equality in the receiving society. This paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is theoretically explained in a core model and empirically documented using unique data from the WIID database and OECD. |
| Subjects: | | Inequality income distribution human capital skill allocation migration ethnicity minority Gini-coefficient |
| JEL: | | D33 E25 F22 J15 J61 O15 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des DIW DIW-Diskussionspapiere
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