Karin Mayr, Rene Böheim,
"Immigration and Public Spending"
, 11-2005, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1834,
Forschungsinstitut für Zukunft und Arbeit, Bonn,
Deutschland und Working Paper 0512, Institut für VWL, Universität Linz
Original Titel:
Immigration and Public Spending
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Englische Kurzfassung:
We examine the relation between low-skilled and high-skilled immigration and public spending from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. We introduce the distinction of public spending on private goods and on public goods. Our model implies that high-skilled immigration can have a negative effect on public spending only in the presence of an antisocial effect. We test our theoretical hypotheses, the 'income effect' and the 'anti-social effect' of immigration and a 'welfare magnet effect' of public spending empirically using OECD panel data for 1990-2001. Estimating a system of simultaneous equations using three stage least squares (3SLS), we find evidence for an anti-social effect for low-skilled and highskilled immigrants. In addition, we also find empirical evidence for the welfare magnet effect.
Erscheinungsmonat:
11
Erscheinungsjahr:
2005
Notiz zum Zitat:
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1834,
Forschungsinstitut für Zukunft und Arbeit, Bonn,
Deutschland und Working Paper 0512, Institut für VWL, Universität Linz