Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/227282 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13755
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The share of the foreign-born in OECD countries is increasing, and this article summarizes economics research on the effects of immigration in those nations. Four broad topics are addressed: labor market issues, fiscal questions, the political economy of immigration, and productivity/international trade. Extreme concerns about deleterious labour market and fiscal impacts following from new immigrants are not found to be warranted. However, it is also clear that government policies and practices regarding the selection and integration of new migrants affect labour market, fiscal and social/cultural outcomes. Policies that are well informed, well crafted, and well executed beneficially improve population welfare.
Subjects: 
immigration
labor market and fiscal effects of immigration
integration
diversity and productivity
trade and migration
political economy of immigration
refugees
JEL: 
F22
J15
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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