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Do immigrants displace young native workers: The Austrian experience

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  • Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

    (Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Altenbergerstrasse 69, A-4040 Linz-Auhof, Austria)

  • Josef Zweimüller

    (Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, Universität Zürich, Blümlisalpstrasse 10, CH-8006 Zürich, Switzerland)

Abstract

This paper studies the effect of increased immigration in Austria on the unemployment risk of young natives. Austria experienced a dramatic rise in the share of alien workers as a result of the breakdown of the former communist regimes (especially from former Yugoslavia). We concentrate on unemployment entry of young male workers, who are supposed to compete most heavily with new immigrants. Our results indicate that the detrimental impact - if it exists at all - is only minor. This is irrespective of the analyzed proxy for competition: The share of foreign workers in an industry or in a region.

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  • Rudolf Winter-Ebmer & Josef Zweimüller, 1999. "Do immigrants displace young native workers: The Austrian experience," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 12(2), pages 327-340.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:12:y:1999:i:2:p:327-340
    Note: Received: 7 March 1996/Accepted: 20 March 1998
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    JEL classification:

    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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