1/6 🚨 Working paper alert 🚨 (updated version) We study the labor market effects of lifting labor market testing (LMT) requirements using regional and temporal variation in occupations exempted from LMT. #EconSky #immigration #lmt - ThreadSky

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hannukarhunen.bsky.social • 30 days ago

1/6 🚨 Working paper alert 🚨 (updated version)
We study the labor market effects of lifting labor market testing (LMT) requirements using regional and temporal variation in occupations exempted from LMT. #EconSky #immigration #lmt

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hannukarhunen.bsky.social•30 days ago

2/6 Lifting LMT increases the number of non-EU/EEA immigrants working in the treated occupation-region units.

lcdn.fi•30 days ago

What is the unit here?

hannukarhunen.bsky.social•30 days ago

3/6 Negative earnings effect at the occupation-region level is driven by occupations in the lowest salary quartile.

hannukarhunen.bsky.social•30 days ago

4/6 At the individual level, we study impacts on incumbent workers (earnings, transitions to different occupations).

hannukarhunen.bsky.social•30 days ago

5/6 We also use collective bargaining data and demonstrate that a negative effect on the wage cushion for stayer workers may explain part of the negative earnings effect in low-paying occupations. Using firm level data, we show that firms hire more people.

hannukarhunen.bsky.social•30 days ago

6/6 The authors of the paper:
@jerniemin.bsky.social
@ohto-kanninen.bsky.social @sannikiviholma.bsky.social @hannukarhunen.bsky.social

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