New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …

household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …

relationship has evolved since the downturn. We find that the employment penalty suffered by immigrant workers, relative to native … market outcomes between immigrants and natives were accentuated by the recession, when the employment penalty was the highest …. Secondly we conclude that the more recent evolution of the employment penalty appears to be related to a composition effect, as …

responsive to changes in cyclical conditions. Immigration provides the skills that the Irish economy needs. The crisis triggered … a sharp reversal in migration flows, with immigration suddenly halting and emigration increasing. A large proportion of … emigration is highly qualified, as is a high proportion of immigration. This pattern of “brain exchange” can contribute to …

The NZ economy has performed well over the past few years, having achieved relatively strong GDP and employment growth …

. One of the main concerns is the negative effects of growing import competition on employment. This paper focuses on … manufacturing sector employment because of its high trade exposure and potential for wider spillovers. It finds that while trade … appears to have only a minor association with manufacturing employment shares at the national level compared with technology …