6 results on '"Lodigiani, Elisabetta"'
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2. Does Low Skilled Immigration Increase Profits? Evidence from Italian Local Labour Markets
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Brunello, Giorgio, Lodigiani, Elisabetta, and Rocco, Lorenzo
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Italy ,profits ,ddc:330 ,J61 ,low skilled immigration ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
We estimate the (causal) effects of low skill immigration on the performance of Italian manufacturing firms. We find that an increase of the local supply of low skilled immigrants by one thousand units โ which corresponds to 8.5 percent of the mean value - raises profits on average by somewhat less than half a percentage point, reduces average labour costs by about 0.1 percent and has no effect on TFP. The positive effects on profits are larger for small firms operating in low tech sectors and for firms located in areas specializing in low skill productions. Our evidence suggests that the recent waves of low skilled immigration in Italy may have hampered the transition to an economic structure characterized by high productivity and wage growth.
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- 2019
3. Natives and migrants in home production: The case of Germany
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Forlani, Emanuele, Lodigiani, Elisabetta, and Mendolicchio, Concetta
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fertility ,Female labour ,J22 ,time allocation ,international migration ,ddc:330 ,J13 ,J61 - Abstract
In this paper, we assess the impact of international migration, and the induced home-care service labour supply shock, on fertility decisions and labour supply of native females in Germany. Specifcally, we consider individual data of native women from the German Socio-Economic Panel and we merge them with the data on the share of female immigrants and other regional labour market characteristics. We find that an increase of the share of female immigrants at the local level induces women to work longer hours and positively affects the probability to have a child. This effect strengthens for (medium) skilled women and, among them, for women younger than 35 years of age. The negative change in household work attitude confirms the behavioural validity of our results. Dieses Papier soll die Auswirkungen der internationalen Migrationsbewegungen und des dadurch induzierten Arbeitsangebotsschocks bei haushaltsbezogenen Dienstleistungen auf die Fertilitätsentscheidungen und das Arbeitsangebot einheimischer Frauen in Deutschland untersuchen. Dazu wurden Individualdaten des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) mit weiteren Daten bezüglich weiblicher Immigrantinnen und weiterer regionaler Arbeitsmarkt-Charakteristika zusammengeführt und analysiert. Es zeigt sich, dass eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils unter Migranten auf der lokalen Ebene dazu führt, dass einheimische Frauen länger arbeiten. Zusätzlich wird auch die Wahrscheinlichkeit, ein Kind zu bekommen, positiv beeinflusst. Diese Effekte sind für Frauen mit einem mittleren Bildungsniveau, und unter ihnen insbesondere für jüngere Frauen unter 35 Jahren am stärksten. Die beobachtete negative Änderung ihres Zeitaufwands für Haushaltsarbeit bestärkt die Validität unserer Ergebnisse.
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- 2016
4. The impact of low-skilled immigration on female labour supply
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Forlani, Emanuele, Lodigiani, Elisabetta, and Mendolicchio, Concetta
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family policy ,J22 ,Female labour participation ,international migration ,ddc:330 ,J61 - Abstract
This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of immigrants on native female labour supply. By segmenting the market by educational levels, we are able to investigate which native-born women are more affected by an increase of low-skilled immigrants working in the household service sector. We present a model of individual choice with home production and, using an harmonized dataset (CNEF), we test its main predictions. Our sample includes countries implementing different family policies. Our results suggest that the share of immigrants working in services in a given local labour market is positively associated with the probability of native-born women to increase their labour supply at the intensive margin (number of hours worked per week), if skilled, and at the extensive margin (participation decision), if unskilled. Moreover, they show that these effects are larger in countries with less family-supportive policies. Wir untersuchen die Auswirkungen von Zuwanderung auf das Arbeitsangebot einheimischer Frauen. Insbesondere betrachten wir die Auswirkung des Anstiegs geringqualifizierter Zuwanderer, die im Haushaltssektor arbeiten, auf hoch- und geringqualifizierte einheimische Frauen. Wir modellieren individuelle Entscheidungen über die Haushaltsproduktion und testen die wichtigsten Aussagen dieses Modells anhand eines harmonisierten Datensatzes (CNEF). Unsere Stichprobe enthält Länder mit unterschiedlich großzügiger Familienpolitik. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass mit einem höheren Anteil an Migranten im Dienstleistungssektor eines lokal begrenzten Arbeitsmarktes die einheimischen hochqualifizierten Frauen ihr Arbeitsangebot erhöhen. Gleichzeitig steigt die Partizipationsrate unqualifizierter einheimischer Frauen. Darüber hinaus zeigen wir, dass diese Effekte in Ländern mit restriktiverer Familienpolitik stärker ausfallen.
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- 2013
5. Impact of Low-Skilled Immigration on Female Labour Supply.
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Forlani, Emanuele, Lodigiani, Elisabetta, and Mendolicchio, Concetta
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SEMISKILLED labor ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,LABOR supply ,MARKET segmentation ,HOUSEHOLDS ,SERVICE industries ,PRODUCTION (Economic theory) - Abstract
In this paper, segmenting the market by educational levels, we investigate which native-born women are more affected by an increase of low-skilled immigrants working in the household service sector. We present a model of individual choice with home production and, using a harmonized dataset (the Cross-National Equivalent File), we estimate its main comparative static results. The results suggest that the share of immigrants working in services is positively associated with an increase of native-born women's labour supply at the intensive margin, if skilled, and at the extensive margin, if unskilled. Moreover, the results show that these effects are larger in countries with less-supportive family policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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6. Attracting Skilled Immigrants: An Overview of Recent Policy Developments in Advanced Countries.
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Facchini, Giovanni and Lodigiani, Elisabetta
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IMMIGRATION policy ,SKILLED labor ,IMMIGRANTS ,JOB offers ,WORK visas - Abstract
In this paper we review the policies put in place by the main Western destination countries to attract highly skilled migrants. Two main systems can be identified. On the one hand, employer-driven schemes typically call for the migrant to meet a set of minimum skill requirements and to have a job offer before a work visa can be issued. On the other, migrant-driven schemes typically do not require a job offer, and instead select the migrant based on a set of characteristics chosen by the policymaker. Employer-driven schemes are the dominant policy tool in the sample of countries we consider in the analysis, and only Australia, Canada and New Zealand have made migrant-driven schemes the mainstay of their skill selective immigration policy. The preliminary evidence we review suggests that the latter are more effective in increasing the skill level of the immigrant population, and casts doubts on the usefulness of new initiatives like the EU blue card that are still based on an employer-driven system. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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