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Matching screening skill-intensity factor relative ability D - Microeconomics/D.D2 - Production and Organizations/D.D2.D24 - Production • Cost • Capital • Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity • Capacity F - International Economics/F.F1 - Trade/F.F1.F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions F - International Economics/F.F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business/F.F2.F22 - International Migration J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers/J.J6.J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility • Immigrant WorkersCiter ce document
Alessia Lo Turco et al., « Immigration and the skill premium », HAL-SHS : économie et finance, ID : 10670/1.gutm87
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Data on EU economies show no correlation between low-skilled immigration and the skill premium. We rationalise this evidence in a model where firms face search and screening costs. Low-skilled immigration diminishes the relative benefit of screening skilled workers, leading to a decline in their relative ability within the firm and an undetermined impact on the skill premium. On region-sector and firm level data from 2008 to 2013, we find that low-skilled immigration in Italian regions has reduced skill intensity without affecting the skill premium. Using proxies for workers’ ability and screening activity, we provide supporting evidence for the theorised mechanisms.