Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis?

A comparison of Europe and the United States 2006–2016

verfasst von

Julia Jauer, Thomas Liebig, John P. Martin, Patrick A. Puhani

Abstract

We estimate whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using regional panel data, we find that Europe’s migratory response to unemployment shocks was almost identical to that recorded in the United States after the crisis. Our estimates suggest that, if all measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes—i.e. an upper-bound estimate—up to about a quarter of the asymmetric labour market shock would be absorbed by migration within a year. However, in Europe and especially in the Eurozone, the reaction to a very large extent stems from migration of recent EU accession country citizens as well as of third-country nationals.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Arbeitsökonomik

Externe Organisation(en)

Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
University College Dublin

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Journal of population economics

Band

32

Seiten

1-22

Anzahl der Seiten

22

ISSN

0933-1433

Publikationsdatum

01.2019

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Demographie, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum

Elektronische Version(en)

http://hdl.handle.net/10419/93367 (Zugang: Offen)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-018-0716-x (Zugang: Geschlossen)