We analyze differences in unemployment between immigrants and natives over the business cycle, using a comprehensive matched employer–employee data set for Austria. We find that the unemployment rate of immigrants from outside the European Economic Area and their individual transition rates...

This paper uses micro data from the Demographic National Survey and the Census in Romania (2002-2003) and in Countries that have received large number of Romanian immigrants over the period 1990-2000 (US, Austria and Spain) to identify the wage earning ability (skills) of migrants and returnees...

We show that the labor market effects of product line relocations within multi-product firms differ significantly from the relocation of production tasks within single-product firms. By incorporating offshoring of labor-intensive goods in a model with multi-product firms, and exploring its...