The Venezuelan migration crisis has led to large-scale displacement, with over 2.5 million Venezuelans seeking refuge in Colombia. This study assesses the impact of the PEP on labor market outcomes for Venezuelan migrants. Using data from the EPM survey and a difference-in-differences...

Using a nationally representative large-scale survey of individual ICT skills in India (Multiple Indicators Survey, 2020), we provide evidence on the effects of ICT skills on labor market outcomes and household welfare as measured by per capita expenditure. We study the effects both at the...

Das Jahr 2015 war seit Aufzeichnung der Wanderungen des Statistischen Bundesamtes das Jahr mit der höchsten Zuwanderung von ausländischen Staatsangehörigen nach Deutschland, auch nach Abzug von Fortzügen. Waren EU-Staatsangehörige vor 2015 die größte Gruppe der Zuwanderer, sind es seit...

As more and more Venezuelans leave their country, fleeing the economic and social crisis, the number of Venezuelans in Brazil has risen steadily since 2016, constituting about 18.6 percent of Brazil's 1.4 million refugee and migrant population as of October 2020. Past research finds that the...

Turkey hosts the largest population of refugees globally; however, we know little about their labor market outcomes at the national level. We use the 2018 round of the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, which includes a representative sample of Syrian refugees in Turkey for the first time, to...

The seven years of the civil war in Syria has led to thousands of deaths and the flight of a quarter of the pre-war population from their homeland. This paper focuses on the effects of 3.5 million displaced Syrians on the Turkish economy via an intertemporal CGE analysis. The results highlight...

During the 1990s the northwestern region of Tanzania experienced a large inflow of refugees. Using panel data (pre and post refugee inflow) we estimate the labor market consequences of hosting those refugees. Results are consistent with immigration affecting the allocation of natives across...

Economists have measured the effects of immigration on native employment primarily with exogenous shifts in the foreign labor supply curve. This paper suggests an alternative, occupation-specific approach: directly describe, for one job, the native labor supply curve. The paper applies this...

This paper investigates the labour market effects of migration-related supply shocks on labour market. Immigration has become important socio-economic phenomenon for many countries in globalized world. It is therefore the subject of increasingly vigorous political debate. Focusing mostly on...

In Switzerland a sudden policy uncertainty shock happened in February 2014 with the close and largely unexpected acceptance of a referendum aiming at limiting free movement of persons. The referendum requires Switzerland to reintroduce annual quotas for immigrants within three years. The...