distribution. We test and confirm these implications using a survey of recent immigrants into Canada. We develop a simple … alter the distribution from which offers are drawn at least among recent immigrants. …

mismatch. In addition, we present preliminary evidence on labor market discrimination. We find that admission preferences … have had if they had chosen a less selective major. Finally, although there is no evidence of discrimination against …

why Canadian immigrants, allowed in based on skill, struggle in the labor market. Resumes were constructed to plausibly … represent recent immigrants under the point system from the three largest countries of origin (China, India, and Pakistan) and … Britain, as well as non-immigrants with and without ethnic-sounding names. In addition to names, I randomized where applicants …

This paper assesses the impact of competition on racial discrimination. The dismantling of inter- and intrastate bank …

Many countries have policies aimed at creating jobs in depressed areas with high unemployment rates. In standard … develop a stylized model of frictional local labor markets with the goal of studying the efficiency of unemployment … housing costs, and lower unemployment rates. Although workers can move freely to arbitrage away differences in expected …

unemployment by lowering the aggregate job-finding rate. We use this framework to measure the contribution of mismatch to the … recent rise in U.S. unemployment by exploiting two sources of cross-sectional data on vacancies, JOLTS and HWOL, a new …/3 of the total observed increase in the unemployment rate, whereas geographical mismatch plays no apparent role. The share …