Does immigration boost per capita income?

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Hiller, Sanne und Sala, Davide (2010): Does immigration boost per capita income? In: Economics Letters, Vol. 107, No. 2: pp. 177-179

Abstract

Using a cross-section of countries, we adapt Frankel and Romer’s (1999) IV strategy to international labor mobility. Controlling for institutional quality, trade, and financial openness, we establish a robust and non-negative causal effect of immigration on real per capita income.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Economics; Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for International Trade
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• Language: English