Repatriates are
đź“ŤMore educated
đź“ŤMore likely to be male
đź“ŤMore likely to be employed or entrepreneurs
đź“ŤYounger
đź“Ť80% are Portuguese-born
➡️➡️ well equipped to compete with native work force
đź“ŤMore educated
đź“ŤMore likely to be male
đź“ŤMore likely to be employed or entrepreneurs
đź“ŤYounger
đź“Ť80% are Portuguese-born
➡️➡️ well equipped to compete with native work force
Comments
📍1 pp increase in share of repatriates ➡️ 0.5 pp decline in natives’ labour force participation ➕ 1.9 p.p. decrease in employment as employees➕ partial movement to low quality entrepreneurship)
đź“Ťaverage reduction of 2% on the pre-shock 1960 LFP
📍1 pp increase in share of repatriates ➡️ 1.6 pp decline in natives’ labour force participation
đź“Ťfemales move to inactivity (or to informal/family based labour)
đź“Ťfemales bear a larger burden of the shock
đź“Ťrepatriates self-select into higher-wage sectors (compatible w/ being more educated)
đź“Ťsector x region wage growth 1973-80 negatively affected by shock
đź“Ťsuggestive evidence of decrease in gender wage gap that drove females out of labour mk