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Gains from migration in imperfect labour markets?

Clemens Fuest, Marcel Thum
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2001

ifo Schnelldienst, 2001, 54, Nr. 08, 28-31

This contribution demonstrates that immigration gains are also possible in im-perfect labour markets that have collective bargaining. As in the case of com-petitive labour markets, however, the efficiency gains from migration are ac-companied by possible distribution conflicts, since the threat of lower wages exists for at least some people in the labour market.

JEL Classification: J400,J500

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