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Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
Whether immigration brings benefit or harm has always been controversial. In this paper, I develop a Real Business Cycle model with a search-based labor market to examine how an unexpected influx of immigrants impacts destination economies. I divide households and firms into two types, namely natives and immigrants, and conduct a general equilibrium analysis. The simulated results suggest that even though natives face a temporary rise in unemployment after the shock, recovery occurs quickly, and levels of aggregate output and consumption become higher.
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Qingyu, "The Impact of Immigrants’ Entries on Destination Countries’ Economies" (2019). Economics Honors Projects. 92.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/economics_honors_projects/92
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