Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/48178 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
HWWI Research Paper No. 1-23
Publisher: 
Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI), Hamburg
Abstract: 
The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the adequate technique to identify the impact of immigration. Initially the regression analysis on the basis of education-experience cells reveals that the impact of immigration on native wages in Germany is negative, but small. The subsequent analysis on the basis of occupations using the same data yields a considerably higher adjustment coefficient and indicates strong wage effects within primary service occupations with a magnitude comparable to results for the US. The analysis therefore demonstrates that the use of formal qualifications as an exclusive classification criterion may lead to an underestimation of the impact of immigration.
Subjects: 
Labour market impact of migration
skill group approach
occupations
fixed effects model
JEL: 
C23
J15
J31
J42
J60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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