Chassamboulli, Andri; Peri, Giovanni - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2015
A controversial issue in the US is how to reduce the number of illegal immigrants and what effect this would have on … illegal immigrants among the low skilled. We calibrate it to the US and Mexican economies during the period 2000-2010. As … immigrants, especially illegal ones, have a worse outside option than natives their wages are lower. Hence their presence reduces …