This paper assesses the effect of the immigration on the production struc- ture in a selection of European countries in 2001-2009 with a task-based ap- proach. The inflow of immigrants represents an increase in the relative supply of manual-physical (or simple) tasks, hence favoring simple-task intensive sec- tors. We use a new OECD dataset, PIAAC, to calculate the index of simple- task intensity at the country-industry level. The analysis confirms that the increase in migration stocks caused a positive impact on the value added of sectors that use more intensively simple tasks. These effects are more intense when considering countries as Italy and Spain characterized by a recent, rapid and intense inflow of migrants. Endogeneity issues are discussed and instru- ments based on a gravity approach are used in estimation.

Migration, Labor Tasks and Production Structure in Europe / Borelli, Stefania; Joxhe, Majlinda; DE ARCANGELIS, Giuseppe. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017).

Migration, Labor Tasks and Production Structure in Europe

BORELLI, STEFANIA
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Majlinda Joxhe
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Giuseppe De Arcangelis
2017

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This paper assesses the effect of the immigration on the production struc- ture in a selection of European countries in 2001-2009 with a task-based ap- proach. The inflow of immigrants represents an increase in the relative supply of manual-physical (or simple) tasks, hence favoring simple-task intensive sec- tors. We use a new OECD dataset, PIAAC, to calculate the index of simple- task intensity at the country-industry level. The analysis confirms that the increase in migration stocks caused a positive impact on the value added of sectors that use more intensively simple tasks. These effects are more intense when considering countries as Italy and Spain characterized by a recent, rapid and intense inflow of migrants. Endogeneity issues are discussed and instru- ments based on a gravity approach are used in estimation.
2017
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