Does immigration boost per capita income?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Does immigration boost per capita income?

AU - Felbermayr, Gabriel

AU - Hiller, Sanne

AU - Sala, Davide

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Gravity model

KW - International trade

KW - International migration

KW - Cross-country income regression

U2 - 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.017

DO - 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.017

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0165-1765

VL - 107

SP - 177

EP - 179

JO - Economics Letters

JF - Economics Letters

IS - 2

ER -