This study investigates whether migrants, once they have decided to move to Switzerland, prefer to settle in …

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

large, low-skill labor supply (immigration) shock generated by the 2004 expansion of the European Union to Eastern European …

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 …

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 …

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 …