Identifying macroeconomic effects of refugee migration to Germany

Abstract

"This study investigates impacts of migration on the German economy, explicitly distinguishing refugee and non-refugee immigration. We propose a macroeconometric modelling approach complemented by instrumental variable techniques. We find that non-refugee immigration has more beneficial medium-run effects on GDP and the labour market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Weber, E. & Weigand, R. (2016): Identifying macroeconomic effects of refugee migration to Germany. (IAB-Discussion Paper 20/2016), Nürnberg, 15 p.