Metadata record for Data and Code for: The abolition of immigration restrictions and the performance of firms and workers: Evidence from Switzerland
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Data and Code for: The abolition of immigration restrictions and the performance of firms and workers: Evidence from Switzerland
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http://doi.org/10.3886/E122523V2
Andreas Beerli
Jan Ruffner
Michael Siegenthaler
Giovanni Peri
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Beerli, Andreas, Ruffner, Jan, Siegenthaler, Michael, and Peri, Giovanni. Data and Code for: The abolition of immigration restrictions and the performance of firms and workers: Evidence from Switzerland. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-06-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/E122523V2
cross-border workers
free movement of persons
immigration policy
labor mobility
skilled immigration
F22 International Migration
J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J61 Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
We study a reform that granted European cross-border workers free access to the Swisslabor market and had a stronger effect on regions close to the border. The greater availability of cross-border workers increased foreign employment substantially. Although many crossborder workers were highly educated, wages of highly educated natives increased. The reason is a simultaneous increase in labor demand: the reform increased the size, productivity, andinnovation performance of skill-intensive incumbent firms and attracted new firms, creating opportunities for natives to pursue managerial jobs. These effects are mainly driven by firms that reported skill shortages before the reform.
Switzerland
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