Opening the Labor Market to Qualified Immigrants in Absence of Linguistic Barriers

Gatti, Nicolò; Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Parchet, Raphaël; Pica, Giovanni

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“…2021; Gatti et al . 2022). On the contrary, the age structure of the workforce, and thus the experience of workers, has not been altered significantly by such reforms.…”

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“…Notice that the variation over time in skills is essential for the identification of our parameters, since it relies on the comparison of workers belonging to different skill groups. Overall, between 1999 and 2018, the opening of the borders increased the share of highly educated foreign workers and the share of foreign workers speaking the language of the linguistic area of residence (Oswald-Egg and Siegenthaler 2021; Basten and Siegenthaler 2019;Beerli et al 2021;Gatti et al 2022). On the contrary, the age structure of the workforce, and thus the experience of workers, has not been altered significantly by such reforms.…”

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What drives the substitutability between native and foreign workers? Evidence about the role of language

Gentili,

Mazzonna

2023

Economica

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This paper investigates the role of language in determining the substitutability between foreign and native workers. Our identification strategy exploits the linguistic diversity of Switzerland, a country with three main official languages (German, French and Italian) shared by bordering countries. This makes the Swiss labour market very peculiar, since both immigrants and natives may (or may not) share the language spoken in the area of residence. We modify the standard nested‐cell labour demand model to account for the linguistic background of native and immigrant workers. We provide evidence about the central role of language in determining the extent of the imperfect substitutability between native and foreign workers, and their differential specialization in communication‐intensive jobs.

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“…2021; Gatti et al . 2022). On the contrary, the age structure of the workforce, and thus the experience of workers, has not been altered significantly by such reforms.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%