on immigration. My aim is to identify facts about international migration relevant to those concerned about why labor …

. -- immigration ; high skilled workers ; economic development …

We build a simple model of self-selection into migration and immigration policy determination. We first show that the … effect of any immigration policy can be decomposed into a size and a composition effect. We then explore how the optimal …

We explore the implications of migrants' self-selection for the determination of immigration policy in a simple model … migrants to immigration policy changes, which is crucial for predicting the effects of such policy in the receiving country …. For example, restricting immigration when it is low skilled may worsen self-selection and thus the receiving country skill …

This paper studies the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production. We present four key findings … developing countries. Fourth, certain ‘push’ incentives that reduce immigration barriers—by addressing financing constraints for …