This paper re-examines the role of labor-market competition as a determinant of attitudes toward immigration. We claim … are relatively more pro-immigration. This is true for both our new measures of exposure. Second, we show that the … positive effect of education on pro-immigration attitudes is greatly reduced when we control for the degree of communication …

Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for … immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and … of immigration on native workers. Instead, using data from Spain, where the immigrant population has risen from 4 percent …

We develop a theoretical framework to analyze the effects of immigration on native job amenities, focusing on work …. Native workers in local labor markets that experienced higher rates of immigration are more likely to work day shifts and …

Although immigration has become a major growth factor for Canadian labour force, there is little economic research on … the effect of immigration on native-born Canadians' labour market performance. This paper examines the relationship … of immigration are consistently insignificant or significantly positive. The results are robust to various specifications …

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages … compared to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment …

immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a … effects of under-education, or selection in immigration, are, however, twice as large as the effects of over-education, or … limited international transferability of human capital. Favourable selection in immigration appears to be less important in …

through immigration increases the aggregate unemployment rate by less than 0.1 percentage points and reduces average wages by …