ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Hum. Dyn.

Sec. Population, Environment and Development

Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2025.1577022

This article is part of the Research TopicRe/Migration as a Resource: Development, Democratisation and InnovationView all articles

International Immigration and Its Effects on Native Labor Market: Evidence from OECD Countries

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Abdelfattah Mohammad RedaAbdelfattah Mohammad Reda1Iman ImanIman Iman2Shujaa WaqarShujaa Waqar2Yasir Tageldin Abubaker AtticoYasir Tageldin Abubaker Attico1Valentin Marian AntohiValentin Marian Antohi3*Costinela ForteaCostinela Fortea3Zlati Monica LauraZlati Monica Laura3
  • 1King Khalid University, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia
  • 2Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 3Dunarea de Jos University, Galați, Romania

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This study aims to investigate the impact of international immigration on the native labor market of host countries. With the growing number of cross-border movements, the relationship between immigration and unemployment in the domestic labor market has become a concern for economists and policy makers. This study utilizes the comprehensive dataset of the years spanning from 2000 to 2020 and employs panel regression analysis to analyze the intricate dynamics of international migration and unemployment of native-born workers of 16 selected OECD countries. The results have disclosed a significant negative relationship between net migration rate and unemployment rate of domestic laborers. Furthermore, it was concluded that an increase in GDP, wages and government expenditure on education will significantly reduce the unemployment rate as well. However, the positive relationship of gross national expenditure with the unemployment rate of natives is found to be insignificant. In the light of this negative relationship between net migration rates and native unemployment rates, policy makers should take into account promoting immigration policies internationally that are consistent with economic growth goals. Moreover, investments in GDP growth, wage increases and education expenditure must be made to further reduce unemployment among native born workers.

Keywords: International immigration, Unemployment, GDP, Panel regression analysis, OECD JEL Classification: F22, J6, J61, O11

Received: 26 Feb 2025; Accepted: 05 May 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Reda, Iman, Waqar, Attico, Antohi, Fortea and Monica Laura. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Valentin Marian Antohi, Dunarea de Jos University, Galați, Romania

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