We examine the ability of immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration. We … less intently on manual skills. Following immigration, they find initial employment in occupations that require the …

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 …

We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany … are banned from working in the first few months after arrival. This natural experiment allows isolating a pure immigration … demand effects complements the literature that isolates labor supply shocks from immigration, so as to gain a more …

-based immigration enforcement policy, combined with data over 2005-2014 from the American Community Survey to estimate a difference …- experimental evidence on the labor market effects of immigration enforcement policies on citizens across the occupational skill … distribution, which is of paramount importance given the current immigration policy debates. …