the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa through family reunification programs ("immigration policy" channel … low-skilled migrants. -- migration ; network/diaspora externalities ; immigration policy …Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect …

This paper examines the economic impact of the second great immigration wave (1945-2000) on the US economy. Contrary to … recent studies, we estimate that immigration induced important net gains and small redistributive effects among natives. Our … method to calibrate the model on historical data and then consider two counterfactual variants: a cutoff of all immigration …

This paper examines the economic impact of the second great immigration wave (1945-2000) on the US economy. Contrary to … recent studies, we estimate that immigration induced important net gains and small redistributive effects among natives. Our … method to calibrate the model on historical data and then consider two counterfactual variants: a cutoff of all immigration …

This paper reconsiders the (self-)selection of international migrants. In an extended Roy-model we analyse the factors … which affect the selection bias of migrants. In particular, we find that migrants need not necessarily be (un …. Moreover, migrants might be favourably (self-)selected if the migration costs tend to decline with the skill level of migrants …

the probability of potential migrants to obtain a visa through family reunification programs ('immigration policy' channel …Existing migrant networks play an important role in explaining the size and structure of immigration flows. They affect … the net benefits of migration for future migrants by lowering assimilation costs ('self-selection' channel) and increase …

"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the … less than proportional with the income level. As a consequence, migrants can be favourably self-selected although the … that migrants tend to be positively (self-)selected although the inequality in earnings is larger in the destination …