An economic analysis of remittance of unskilled migration on skilled-unskilled wage inequality in labor host region

Xiaochun Li; Yu Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2013.04.034

An economic analysis of remittance of unskilled migration on skilled-unskilled wage inequality in labor host region

Xiaochun Li^*, Yu Zhou

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Abstract

The present paper establishes a two-sector general equilibrium model and conduct the comparative static approach to investigate the impact exerted by an increase in the remittance rate of the unskilled migrants on the skilled-unskilled wage inequality in the labor host region. We find that the unskilled migrants increase their remittance rate to the labor outsourcing regions that will decrease the skilled-unskilled wage inequality in the labor host region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	428-432
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economic Modelling
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2013.04.034
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jul 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Labor host region
Remittance
Skilled-unskilled wage inequality
Unskilled migrants

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Economics and Econometrics

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An economic analysis of remittance of unskilled migration on skilled-unskilled wage inequality in labor host region

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