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Dynamic agglomeration effects of foreigners and natives

The role of experience in high-quality sectors, tasks and establishments.

This paper analyzes how dynamic agglomeration effects differ between foreign and native
workers using administrative data on individual employment biographies. According to our
results, both groups benefit, on average, equally from gathering work experience in large
labor markets. The exception are low-skilled foreign workers, who receive a lower premium
for big city experience than low-skilled natives.

IAB-Discussion Paper 24/2022