This paper advances and empirically establishes the idea that altruism is an important determinant of individual … preferences over immigration. Using data from the European Social Survey from 2014 and 2015, our results document that individual … norms and values strongly shape preferences over immigration, even when controlling for expected costs and benefits from …

This paper advances and empirically establishes the idea that altruism is an important determinant of individual … preferences over immigration. Using data from the European Social Survey from 2014 and 2015, our results document that individual … norms and values strongly shape preferences over immigration, even when controlling for expected costs and benefits from …

Natives benefit from immigration mainly because of production complementarities between immigrant workers and other … productive inputs. The available evidence suggests that the economic benefits from immigration for the United States are small … considerably if the United States pursued an immigration policy which attracted a more skilled immigrant flow …

This paper describes the immigration policy that would maximize the welfare of natives. Trade principles indicate that … the United States should eliminate its immigration quotas and other non-tariff protectionist barriers and use immigration …

Natives benefit from immigration mainly because of production complementarities between immigrant workers and other … productive inputs. The available evidence suggests that the economic benefits from immigration for the United States are small … considerably if the United States pursued an immigration policy which attracted a more skilled immigrant flow …