Economic Effects of Immigration Discussion

Economic Effects of Immigration Discussion

 
Economic Effects of Immigration



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Abramitzky, R., & Boustan, L. (2017). Immigration in American economic history. Journal of economic literature, 55(4), 1311-45.



            The discussion presented by the article revolves around the fact that the United States have had a long history with immigration, mostly when it comes to the implications it has on economic developments. For the longest period, the United States has been perceived by many to be the land of opportunities. The reason has influenced many individuals to immigrate into the country. Yet, looking at the past and present, the article reiterates that the US natives have raised concerns that there are failures associated with immigrants being integrated into the US society. The results include lower wages for the workers that exist in the United States. The most interesting thing is the focus of the article is on the historical and contemporary flows of migrants that lead to new insights associated with migrant selection. It evaluates the assimilation of immigrants into the US economy and the implications on the labor market.



Boubtane, E., Dumont, J. C., & Rault, C. (2016). Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986–2006. Oxford Economic Papers, 68 (2), 340-360.



            The article mirrors the implications of migration on economic growth for the period between 1986 and 2006. The focus is on 22 OECD countries across the globe. The unique data presented through the study allow a distinction of the net migration associated with native and foreign-born by skill level, it does this by the Solow - Swan Model to bolster and cement the analysis. The use of a Solow-Swan Model is instrumental in determining a dynamic panel model with a generalized method of moment. The main reason for the above is to ensure the endogeneity bias risk connected to migration variables are not only highly understood but the reliability is also good. The interesting thing about the article are the results, which comprise of the positive implications of migrants on human capital and economic growth. The article does not narrow its study only on the foreigner on the host country, but monitors the same from the domicile country



Kancs, D. A., & Lecca, P. (2018). Long‐term social, economic and fiscal effects of immigration into the EU: The role of the integration policy. The World Economy, 41 (10), 2599-2630.



            The paper revolves around the relationship between the aspect of forced migration and refugee integration into the EU society and labor markets. The above factor is evaluated from the aspect of the policy agenda. The focus looks into the asylum seekers having a significant effect on social, budgetary, economic, and social reasons among other factors. Despite the potential implications associated with accepted asylum seekers being discussed, the article identifies gaps associated with policy debate relating to the current refugee crisis in the European Union. The article discusses and brings to the fore the pros and cons of refugee presence in a country, and juxtaposes the finding to help in understanding which of the two-the negatives and the positives outweigh which. There is also an impact on how the job market is affected by the duration a refugee lands themselves to job opportunities – with such a move hailed as a positive one to the host country.  The study is meant to shed light on budgetary, economic, and social implications of increased status of forced immigration into the European Union.



MasterFile Premier. Ebsco. (2011). Immigration and emigration: Wages gained and lost. Monthly Labor Review, 134 (2), 48. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/precis.pdf



            The authors look into several countries in the Northern American and European regions. The main focus is the serious economic and cultural threats associated with the issue of immigration. The threat is directed to native populations affected by immigrants. Despite the above raised issue, the author refutes the claim associated with the threat, arguing that immigration does not bring about dangers to native populations. The argument provided revolves around the provision of benefits such as the improvement of financial backgrounds. Immigrant only causes problems to their status, mostly for those with less education. Immigrants with high educational backgrounds create economic gains while those with less education have a slight income decrease. There is a bag of mixed opinions from the article, the summary of the argument is interesting since it argues that immigrants, on average, create gains for themselves and the native populations. Also, emigrants suffer from significant losses due to their education backgrounds.



Moreno-Galbis, E., & Tritah, A. (2016). The effects of immigration in frictional labor markets: Theory and empirical evidence from EU countries. European Economic Review, 84, 76-98.



            The article presents the fact that immigrants are newcomers in any growing and decreasing labor market and are often up against the host country members who have better education skill set and social network as well. The situation across the globe as per the article shows that immigrants lack social networks, which influences them to become less productive valuable assets. The above status further influences them to have a poor bargaining position against existing employees in a foreign job market. The use of annual variations between 1998 and 2004 are significant in discussing the required data. The article focuses on 12 European countries by evaluating the causal impact of immigrants on the employment rates of natives through the use of an instrumental variable approach that is based on historical settlement patterns connected to host nations. There is an interesting finding on how different immigrants are treated depending on the country of origin and the trait of the same.



References



Abramitzky, R., & Boustan, L. (2017). Immigration in American economic history. Journal of economic literature, 55(4), 1311-45.



Boubtane, E., Dumont, J. C., & Rault, C. (2016). Immigration and economic growth in the OECD countries 1986–2006. Oxford Economic Papers, 68(2), 340-360.



Kancs, D. A., & Lecca, P. (2018). Long‐term social, economic and fiscal effects of immigration into the EU: The role of the integration policy. The World Economy, 41(10), 2599-2630.



MasterFile Premier. Ebsco. (2011). Immigration and emigration: Wages gained and lost. Monthly Labor Review, 134 (2), 48. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/precis.pdf



Moreno-Galbis, E., & Tritah, A. (2016). The effects of immigration in frictional labor markets: Theory and empirical evidence from EU countries. European Economic Review, 84, 76-98.