Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33706 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2189
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Is there a local economic impact of immigration? Immigration pushes up rents and housing values in US destination cities. The positive association of rent growth and immigrant inflows is pervasive in time series for all metropolitan areas. I use instrumental variables based on a shift-share of national levels of immigration into metropolitan areas. An immigration inflow equal to 1% of a city's population is associated with increases in average rents and housing values of about 1%. The results suggest an economic impact that is an order of magnitude bigger than that found in labor markets.
Subjects: 
immigration
housing prices
JEL: 
J61
R23
R31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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