Immigration and the Displacement of Incumbent Households

Item Type	Monograph (Working Paper)
Abstract	We make use of the universe of immigrants who arrived in Switzerland between 1992 and 2013, granular community level house price and wage data as well as detailed information on the Swiss population to study the effects of immigration on the location choice of incumbent households. Immigration influences a household’s location choice through three distinct channels: house price changes, labor market competition,and households’ sentiment regarding immigration. We find evidence of all three channels. However, we show that the channel to which a household responds most strongly depends on the type of immigration and the characteristics of the household.Our research provides valuable insights into some of the effects of large scale immigration.
Authors	Adams, Zeno & Blickle, Kristian
Language	English
Keywords	Immigration, house prices, wages, employment, gentrification, displacement
Subjects	business studies economics finance
HSG Profile Area	SOF - System-wide Risk in the Financial System
Date	February 2018
Publisher	SoF-HSG
Series Name	School of Finance Working Paper Series
Volume	2018
Number	2018/09
Number of Pages	62
Depositing User	Marion Stadelhofer
Date Deposited	28 Feb 2018 08:22
Last Modified	20 Jul 2022 17:34
URI:	https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/253784

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Adams, Zeno & Blickle, Kristian: Immigration and the Displacement of Incumbent Households. School of Finance Working Paper Series, 2018, 2018/09.

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