This paper estimates the effect of a major skilled visa programme in Australia on the wages and occupation-specific skills performed by native workers. We combine data from the full population of approved Temporary Work Visa applications with the nationally representative Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) longitudinal survey from 2005-2015. Our findings indicate that skilled international workers increase the wages of natives, and induce native workers to specialize in occupations associated with a high intensity of communication and cognitive skills. We find no evidence of negative effects of the visa programme on the wages of high-skilled or low-skilled native workers, or on previous migrants who may be close substitutes to the skilled visa holders.

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高技能移民和本地工人的职业选择：以澳大利亚为例

本文估计了澳大利亚一项主要的技术签证计划对本地工人所从事的工资和特定职业技能的影响。我们将2005-2015年期间获得批准的临时工作签证申请的全部数据与具有全国代表性的澳大利亚家庭，收入和劳动动态（HILDA）纵向调查相结合。我们的发现表明，熟练的国际工人增加了本地人的工资，并促使本地人专门从事与高度沟通和认知技能有关的职业。我们发现，没有证据表明签证计划对高技能或低技能的本地工人的工资，或对以前可能替代熟练签证持有人的移民的工资产生负面影响。