Do immigrants displace young native workers: The Austrian experience

This paper studies the effect of increased immigration in Austria on the un employment risk of young natives. Austria experienced a dramatic rise in th e share of alien workers as a result of the breakdown of the former communi st regimes (especially from former Yugoslavia). We concentrate on unemploym ent entry of young male workers, who are supposed to compete most heavily w ith new immigrants. Our results indicate that the detrimental impact - if i t exists at all - is only minor. This is irrespective of the analyzed proxy for competition: The share of foreign workers in an industry or in a regio n. JEL classification: J61, J15, J64.