state regulations to investigate how minimum wages affect the labor market impact of immigration. We find that the effects … of immigration on labor market outcomes of native workers within a given state-skill cell are more negative in U … immigration as well as state minimum wages, and to implementing a difference-in-differences strategy comparing U.S. States where …

This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host … 1980-2005 period for 22 OECD countries, we find that, only in Portugal, unemployment negatively causes immigration, while … in any country, immigration does not cause unemployment. On the other hand, our results show that, in four countries …

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …

Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … controls the information related to the immigration stock it could delay the mass entry of immigrants, maintaining the required …

The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … accounting for human capital endowments. Our analysis confirms the previous finding of limited effect of immigration on …

suggests that, in general, the impact of immigration on labor market conditions depends critically on the way immigrants are …

. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies …

This paper examines empirically the interaction between immigration and host country economic conditions. We employ …

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …