The impact of immigration on the labour market outcomes of New Zealanders

Table 8: CES cross wage elasticities between nativity groups in 140 LMAs (IV)

	Impact of a Change in Nativity Group within:
	24 Age*Qual Skill-Groups			5 Predicted Occ Skill-Groups
	NZ	EM	RM	NZ	EM	RM
on Employment of
NZ	-0.033	0.025	0.008	-0.043	0.033	0.011
EM	0.132	-0.140	0.008	0.174	-0.184	0.011
RM	0.132	0.025	-0.156	0.174	0.033	-0.206
on Wages of
NZ	-0.014	0.010	0.003	-0.043	0.032	0.011
EM	0.054	-0.058	0.003	0.173	-0.184	0.011
RM	0.054	0.010	-0.065	0.173	0.032	-0.205

Note: Elasticities are derived from the results presented in Table 7 for 140 LMAs using instrumental variables.

NZ = New Zealand-born, EM = earlier migrants and RM = recent migrants.

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