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I present a general equilibrium model and quantitative evidence to gain an understanding of the economic consequences of U.S. immigration reform. Workers choose a country in which to live, an occupation in which to work, and an entry mode for migration to the destination country. Calibrating the...
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Job choice by high-skilled foreign-born workers in the US correlates strongly with country of origin. We apply a Frechet-Roy model of occupational choice to evaluate the causes of immigrant sorting. In a gravity specification, we find that revealed comparative advantage in the US is stronger for...
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Job choice by high-skilled foreign-born workers in the US correlates strongly with country of origin. We apply a Fréchet-Roy model of occupational choice to evaluate the causes of immigrant sorting. In a gravity specification, we find that revealed comparative advantage in the US is stronger...
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