Macroeconomic Consequences of International Migration for OECD Countries

Hippolyte d'Albis (1, 2) , Ekrame Boubtane (3, 1, 2)

1 PSE - Paris School of Economics
2 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
3 CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International

D’Albis and Boubtane provide empirical evidence on the macroeconomic and fiscal consequences of international migration for OECD countries. The authors use a panel of 19 countries over the period 1980–2015 to study the effects of increases in the net migration rate on per capita GDP and on both the employment rate and the share of working-age in total population. Moreover, the effect of exogenous changes in fiscal balance is studied by decomposing the effects of net taxes and public spending. The empirical evidence is discussed using recent findings of the theoretical literature.

Mots clés: Immigration; Asylum seekers; Public finance; GDP; Panel VAR

Domaines: Démographie; Economies et finances

Hippolyte d'Albis, Ekrame Boubtane. Macroeconomic Consequences of International Migration for OECD Countries. Eugenia Vella; Jordi Caballé; Joan Llull. Understanding Migration with Macroeconomics Editors, Springer International Publishing, pp.59-86, 2020, 978-3-03-040980-7, 978-3-03-040981-4. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-40981-4⟩. ⟨hal-03107708⟩