The aim of this paper is to estimate the causal effect of the migration of Venezuelans to Colombia on the Colombian … real wage, since 2016. In the second semester of 2016, the borders between Colombia and Venezuela were reopened after a … strategy. Using data from the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Migración Colombia and the Registro Administrativo de Migrantes …

the labor market. Its impact on employment, wages and wealth depends crucially on the design of immigration policy …

customs data from 2013 to 2019, we find that the Venezuelan migration improved Colombian manufacturing firms’ export … lowered exporting firms’ blue-collar wages, and allowed them to upgrade their labor force skill composition, namely firms were …

continent's population. However, rates of migration across European countries remain considerably lower than interstate … migration in the United States, and spatial variation in terms of unemployment or income levels is larger. We document patterns … of migration in Europe, which include a sizable migration from east to west in the last twenty years. An analysis of …

The recent mass migration of Venezuelans to Colombia has become a focal point for economists interested in the labor … market effects of migration in developing countries. Existing papers studying this migration wave have consistently found … negative effects on the hourly wages of native Colombians, which are most concentrated among less-educated natives working in …

The massive displacement of Venezuelan citizens to Colombia is the second most important episode of forced migration in … heterogeneity in the intensity of migration. We use RIF regressions in an instrumental variables approach to account for the non … recent migrants who work in more routine tasks and earn lower wages than natives with similar characteristics. We also …

caused a decline in hourly wages in Colombia of 0.4% and a negative effect of 0.1 p.p. on the employment rate of low … country and close to 1.8 million arrived in Colombia. I show that an increase in 1 p.p of labor supply due the migratory flow …-skilled workers. The drop in wages was greater for men, low-skilled and informal workers. …

The aim of this paper is to estimate the causal effect of the migration of Venezuelans to Colombia on the Colombian … real wage, since 2016. In the second semester of 2016, the borders between Colombia and Venezuela were reopened after a … strategy. Using data from the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Migración Colombia and the Registro Administrativo de Migrantes …

migration experience since the Second World War. The areas covered include changes in the volume and composition of … international migration and the factors influencing migration; the background to, and the development of, restrictions on … of migration on the economy at large are briefly discussed. …