Dear colleagues,

The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economics Research Seminar on Wednesday, June 1^st, with

Albrecht Glitz

(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

“Labor Market Competition and the Assimilation of Immigrants”

Abstract: In this paper, we show that the wage assimilation of immigrants is the result of the intricate interplay between individual skill accumulation and dynamic labor market equilibrium effects. If immigrants and natives are imperfect substitutes, rising immigrant inflows will widen the wage gap between them. Using a simple production function framework in which workers supply both general and host-country-specific skills, we show that this labor market competition channel can explain about one fifth of the large increase in the average immigrant-native wage gap across arrival cohorts in the United States since the 1960s.

Date: Wednesday, June 1^st

Time: 4.30 to 6 pm (CET)

Location: building TC, 5^th floor, room TC.5.18

With best regards,

Harald Oberhofer

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer

Department of Economics

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Phone: +43/1/31336-4984

Fax: +43/1/31336-4984

Email: harald.oberhofer@wu.ac.at

Webpage: https://www.wu.ac.at/ie/mitarbeiter/harald-oberhofer/

Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Phone: +43/1/7982601-468

Fax: +43/1/7989386

Email: harald.oberhofer@wifo.ac.at

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