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Restrictive Immigration Policy in Germany: Pains and Gains Foregone?Gabriel J. FelbermayrUniversity of Stuttgart-Hohenheim Wido GeisCESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) - Ifo Institute for Economic Research Wilhelm KohlerUniversity of Tuebingen - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) May 2008 CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2316 Abstract: Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and employment effects. We quantify these effects for Germany. Following Borjas (2003), we estimate a structural model of labor demand, based on elasticities of substitution between workers with different experience levels and education. We allow for unemployment which we model in a price-wage-setting framework. Simulating a counterfactual scenario without restrictions for migration from new EU members countries, we find moderate negative wage effects, combined with increased unemployment for some types of workers. Wage-setting mitigates wage cuts.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48 Keywords: migration, labor JEL Classification: F2, J01 working papers seriesDate posted: June 2, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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