Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245449 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9268
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
During the Great Recession, immigrants reacted to the drop in labour demand in Spain through internal migration or leaving the country. Consequently, provinces lost 13.5% of their immigrants or - 3% of the total labour supply, on average. Using municipal registers and longitudinal administrative data, I find that immigrant outflows slowed the decline in employment and wage of natives. I use a modified shift-share instrument based on past settlements to claim causality. Employment effects were driven by increased entries to employment, while wage effects were limited to natives that were already employed. These effects also persisted in the medium-term.
Subjects: 
immigrant mobility
wages
employment
local labour market
Great Recession
Spain
JEL: 
F22
J31
J61
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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