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participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …
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This paper examines the case for randomized controlled trials in economics. I revisit my previous paper "Randomization and Social Policy Evaluation" and update its message. I present a brief summary of the history of randomization in economics. I identify two waves of enthusiasm for the method...
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I study the impact of Canada's expansive immigration policy launched in 2016 on labour shortages in six regions of the …, and after the 2020-2021 pandemic. Since immigration not only expands the supply of labour, but also adds to the demand for …-sense belief that more immigration contributes to reducing economy-wide labour scarcity is wrong and constitutes a dangerous …
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relationship between employer-sponsored (permanent) and points-based immigration. We find that the commodity boom triggered … significant wage growth in commodity-rich states, suggesting higher demand for workers. Employer-sponsored immigration varied in …
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This paper investigates how recent immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008 have affected wages in Switzerland. This … immigration inflows, we follow the "structural skill-cell approach" as for example employed by Borjas (2003) and Ottaviano and … on domestic wages using the actual immigration inflows from 2002 to 2008. For the long run, the simulations produce some …
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