Immigration, family responsibilities and the labor supply of skilled native women
Immigration, family responsibilities and the labor supply of skilled native women
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- Farré L, González L, Ortega F. Immigration, family responsibilities and the labor supply of skilled native women. B E J Econom Anal Policy. 2011 Jun 14;11(1):1-46. DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2875
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We investigate the effect of immigration on the labor supply of skilled women, using data on Spain’s large recent immigration wave. We adopt a spatial correlations approach and instrument for current immigration using ethnic networks. We find that female immigration increases the local availability of household services and reduces their price. It also increases the labor supply of skilled native women, by allowing them to return to work earlier after childbirth, and to continue working while caring for elderly dependents. Immigration can account for one third of the recent increase in the employment rate of college-educated women providing child or elderly care.Col·leccions
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