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Migration and Production Structure in Europe with a Labor Task Approach

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  • Stefania Borelli

    (Department of Social Sciences and Economics, Sapienza University of Rome (IT).)

  • Giuseppe De Arcangelis

    (Department of Social Sciences and Economics, Sapienza University of Rome (IT).)

  • Majlinda Joxhe

    (CREA-University of Luxembourg.)

Abstract

We assess the effect of migration on the production structure in a selection of European countries for the pre-Great Recession period 2001-2009. We propose a labor-task approach where the infl ow of migrants raises the relative supply of manual-physical (or simple) tasks and therefore favors simple-task intensive sectors. We use the US O*NET database in conjunction with European labor data to calculate the index of simple-task intensity at the industry and country level. The analysis confirms that a rise in employment migration rates has a generalized positive impact, but that value added increases significantly more in sectors that use more intensively simple tasks. A traditional shift-share instrument is used to overcome possible endogeneity problems.

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  • Stefania Borelli & Giuseppe De Arcangelis & Majlinda Joxhe, 2019. "Migration and Production Structure in Europe with a Labor Task Approach," Working Papers 6/19, Sapienza University of Rome, DISS.
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    Keywords

    International Migration; Labor Tasks; ONET; Rybczynski Effect.;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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