Immigration Policy and U.S. Labor Market Dynamics

Jiaming Mao

<p>&nbsp;</p> <div><a id="magicparlabel-62308" style="font-size: 14px;">Abstract</a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div><a id="magicparlabel-62308" style="font-size: 14px;">This paper studies labor market response to immigration by estimating a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of the U.S. labor market and using the estimated model to analyze the effects of alternative immigration policies. The model features a multi-sector economy with heterogenous native and immigrant workers who are imperfect substitutes in production. Labor supply is endogenous and workers self-select into their sectors of employment subject to costly mobility. The model is fit to the Current Population Survey. Using the estimated model as a basis for counter-factual experiements, the paper compares the wage and employment dynamics following the implementation of alternative immigration policies and calculates the resulting welfare gains and losses to different types of workers.</a></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

2015-04-28(星期二)16:40-18:00

N302 经济楼/Economics Building

English

WISE-SOE

系列讲座

Peiwen Bai

<p><span style="line-height: 21px;">Assistant Professor at Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE)</span></p> <p><a href="http://wise.xmu.edu.cn/people/faculty/600cf256_34ab_465b_8f60_d7a15bf56934.html">Prof. Jiaming Mao' Homepage</a></p>

"WISE-SOE" 制度的经济学分析系列讲座2015春第3讲（总第4讲）