The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization

The massive displacement of Venezuelan citizens to Colombia is the second most important episode of forced migration in the world. We study the impact of this demographic shock on the Colombian income distribution exploiting the geographical heterogeneity in the intensity of migration. We use RIF re...

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Autores principales: Lombardo, Carlo, Martínez Correa, Julián, Peñaloza Pacheco, Leonardo José, Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Formato: Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
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Ciencias Económicas
Migration
Income
Inequality
Labor Markets
Downgrading
Colombia
Venezuela
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/128343
https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/no-290/
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Migration
Income
Inequality
Labor Markets
Downgrading
Colombia
Venezuela
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Migration
Income
Inequality
Labor Markets
Downgrading
Colombia
Venezuela
Lombardo, Carlo
Martínez Correa, Julián
Peñaloza Pacheco, Leonardo José
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Migration
Income
Inequality
Labor Markets
Downgrading
Colombia
Venezuela
description The massive displacement of Venezuelan citizens to Colombia is the second most important episode of forced migration in the world. We study the impact of this demographic shock on the Colombian income distribution exploiting the geographical heterogeneity in the intensity of migration. We use RIF regressions in an instrumental variables approach to account for the non-random pattern of location of immigrants. We find that despite the fact that Venezuelan immigrants are relatively skilled compared to native Colombian workers, the exodus had a larger negative effect on the lower tail of the wage distribution, implying increases in income inequality and poverty. We link this result to a sizeable downgrading of (mostly unregistered) Venezuelan recent migrants who work in more routine tasks and earn lower wages than natives with similar characteristics. We also explore a large regularization program for immigrants and find that it was associated to a reduction in the extent of downgrading, and hence, to a mitigation of the unequalizing impact of the exodus.
format Articulo
Documento de trabajo
author Lombardo, Carlo
Martínez Correa, Julián
Peñaloza Pacheco, Leonardo José
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_facet Lombardo, Carlo
Martínez Correa, Julián
Peñaloza Pacheco, Leonardo José
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_sort Lombardo, Carlo
title The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
title_short The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
title_full The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
title_fullStr The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
title_full_unstemmed The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
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url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/128343
https://www.cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/no-290/
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