Impacto de la inmigración haitiana sobre el mercado laboral y las finanzas públicas de la República Dominicana

Abstract

La pobreza del pueblo haitiano influye de forma determinante sobre los flujos migratorios hacia la República Dominicana. Este artículo se propone estimar el impacto de la inmigración haitiana sobre el mercado laboral dominicano, así como sobre sus finanzas públicas. Luego de un exhaustivo análisis teórico y aplicado, el artículo concluye que la mano de obra haitiana es complementaria al capital y a la mano de obra calificada de la República Dominicana. En cambio, es sustituta de la mano de obra dominicana de menor nivel de calificación, elevando el grado de desigualdad de ingresos en la República Dominicana. Por otro lado, la migración genera un deterioro sobre las finanzas públicas, ya que la contribución al total de ingresos tributarios es inferior a la absorción de recursos que realizan a través de la demanda de servicios públicos. Abstract: The poverty of the Haitian people have a decisive bearing on their migration to the Dominican Republic. This article aims to estimate the impact of the Haitian migration on the Dominican labor market and on its public finances. After a thorough theoretical and applied analysis, the article concludes that the Haitian labor is complementary to the capital and the skilled labor in the Dominican Republic. Therefore, it is a substitute for the less skilled Dominican labor, raising the degree of income inequality in the Dominican Republic. Moreover, migration generates a deterioration of the public finances of the country, due to tha fact that the contribution to the total tax revenue is lower than the absorption of resources through the public services demand.

The poverty of the Haitian people have a decisive bearing on their migration to the Dominican Republic. This article aims to estimate the impact of the Haitian migration on the Dominican labor market and on its public finances. After a thorough theoretical and applied analysis, the article concludes that the Haitian labor is complementary to the capital and the skilled labor in the Dominican Republic. Therefore, it is a substitute for the less skilled Dominican labor, raising the degree of income inequality in the Dominican Republic. Moreover, migration generates a deterioration of the public finances of the country, due to tha fact that the contribution to the total tax revenue is lower than the absorption of resources through the public services demand.