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 …

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 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 … skilled labor is high as empirical evidence suggests. -- Immigration ; trade union ; unemployment ; welfare state ; elasticity …

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 …

immigration by approximately 6 and 3 persons by 1000 inhabitants in both countries. These results are also corroborated with the …

The paper provides an overview on recent trends of immigration in OECD countries and on the possible effects of … immigration on labour markets and government budgets. It also discusses migration policies from an economic point of view. By …