Labor Market Integration and Fiscal Competition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGII KIIASHKO ◽  
PAWEŁ KOPIEC
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Fiscal Competition ◽  
Labor Market Integration

Labor-Market Integration, Investment in Risky Human Capital, and Fiscal Competition

2000 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Wildasin
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Fiscal Competition ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Public Provision ◽  
Labor Market Integration

This paper presents a general-equilibrium model where human capital investment increases specialization and exposes skilled workers to region-specific earnings risk. Interjurisdictional mobility of skilled labor mitigates these risks; state-contingent migration of skilled labor also improves efficiency. With perfect capital markets, labor-market integration raises welfare and reduces ex post earnings inequality. If instead human capital investment can only be financed through local taxes, labor-market integration leads to interjurisdictional fiscal competition, shifting the burden of taxation to low-skilled immobile workers. Decentralized public provision of human capital investment creates earnings inequalities and is inefficient. (JEL H00)

scholarly journals Labor market integration of new immigrants in Spain

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Núria Rodríguez-Planas ◽  
Natalia Nollenberger
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Labor Market Integration ◽  
New Immigrants

scholarly journals Different Patterns of Labor Market Integration by Migration Motivation in Europe: The Role of Host Country Human Capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter Zwysen
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labor Market Integration

We study whether the acquisition of host country human capital, such as obtaining equivalent qualifications, good language skills, or naturalization, explains differences in labor market integration between migrants depending on their initial motivation. We use cross-national European data from the 2008 ad hoc module of the Labour Force Survey to analyze migrant gaps in labor market participation, employment, occupational status, and precarious employment. We find that different rates of and returns to host country human capital explain a substantial part of the improvements in labor market outcomes with years of residence, particularly for noneconomic migrants who experience faster growth on average.

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