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Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women

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  • Lidia Farré

    (Institut d'Anà lisi Econòmica (CSIC))

  • Libertad González

    (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

  • Francesc Ortega

    (Queen's College - CUNY)

Abstract

We investigate the effect of immigration on the labor supply of skilled women, using data on Spain’s large recent immigration wave. We adopt a spatial correlations approach and instrument for current immigration using ethnic networks. We find that female immigration increases the local availability of household services and reduces their price. It also increases the labor supply of skilled native women, by allowing them to return to work earlier after childbirth, and to continue working while caring for elderly dependents. Immigration can account for one third of the recent increase in the employment rate of college-educated women providing child or elderly care.

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Article provided by De Gruyter in its journal The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy.

Volume (Year): 11 (2011)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 34

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Keywords: immigration; female labor supply; fertility; elderly care; household services;

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  1. Julian di Giovanni & Andrei Levchenko & Francesc Ortega, 2012. "A Global View of Cross-Border Migration," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1218, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
  2. Gonzalez, Libertad & Ortega, Francesc, 2009. "Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain," IZA Discussion Papers 4333, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  3. Chris Papageorgiou & Fidel Pérez Sebastián & María Dolores Guilló Fuentes, 2010. "A unified theory of structural change," Working Papers. Serie AD 2010-34, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
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  6. Bosch, Mariano & Carnero, M. Angeles & Farré, Lídia, 2011. "Rental Housing Discrimination and the Persistence of Ethnic Enclaves," IZA Discussion Papers 5583, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
  7. Christian Dustmann & Albrecht Glitz, 2011. "Migration and Education," Norface Discussion Paper Series 2011011, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London.
  8. Piolatto, A., 2010. "Itemised Deductions: A Device to Reduce Tax Evasion," Discussion Paper 2010-60, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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