Do Immigrants Shield the Locals? Exposure to COVID-Related Risks in the European Union

This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the exposure of native workers to the health and labor-market risks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Using various measures of occupational risks based on European Union labor force survey data, the paper finds that immigrant worker...

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Main Authors: Bossavie, Laurent, Garrote Sanchez, Daniel, Makovec, Mattia, Ozden, Caglar
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/634461608129241833/Do-Immigrants-Push-Natives-towards-Safer-Jobs-Exposure-to-COVID-19-in-the-European-Union
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34944