TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kahanec, Martin
AU  - Zimmermann, Klaus F.
        TI  - Migration, the Quality of the Labour Force and Economic Inequality
        PY  - 2008/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3560
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3560
        AB  - Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national distribution of skills and thereby equality in the receiving society. This paper suggests that skilled immigration promotes economic equality in advanced economies under standard conditions. The context is theoretically explained in a core model and empirically documented using unique data from the WIID database and OECD.
        KW  - ethnicity
KW  - inequality
KW  - income distribution
KW  - minority
KW  - human capital
KW  - skill allocation
KW  - migration
KW  - Gini-coefficient
        ER  -