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There have always been concerns about the labor market consequences of immigration. In Germany, with the open borders of the European Community, this debate has gained the ever-increasing attention of politicians and employees alike. Are there costs and/or benefits to increased immigration for the host country? Are some job groups or industries affected more than others or are these effects shared equally across the economy? Most economists support the position, that for allocative reasons, free international movements of labor are beneficial for the economy as a whole, as is the free movement of capital and goods. This judgement is based on the standard competitive model of labor migration. However, native labor may be adversely affected and with increasing unemployment prevalent in the host country, increased immigrant labor may be politically and fiscally undesirable.
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De New, J.P., Zimmermann, K.F. (1994). Blue Collar Labor Vulnerability: Wage Impacts of Migration. In: Steinmann, G., Ulrich, R.E. (eds) The Economic Consequences of Immigration to Germany. Studies in Contemporary Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51177-6_5
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