The impact of immigration on output and its components: A sectoral analysis for Italy at regional level

Etzo, Ivan and Massidda, Carla and Piras, Romano and Mattana, Paolo (2016): The impact of immigration on output and its components: A sectoral analysis for Italy at regional level.

Abstract

This paper studies how immigrants impact on Italian economy. The issue is addressed following the channel output decomposition approach by means of which the effect of immigration is measured with respect to per capita value added and its components. The investigation is carried out at sector level during the 2008–2011 time period. The results show that the main channel through which migration impacts on value added varies on sectoral basis. While at aggregate level, in Manufacturing and in Other Services the impact goes mainly through capital intensity, in the Construction and in the Commerce sectors the principal channel is via total factor productivity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: channel output decomposition approach, immigrants.
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F22 - International Migration; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers > J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility ; Immigrant Workers

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