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Public debate on immigration focuses on its effects on wages and employment, yet the discussion typically fails to … consider the effects of immigration on working conditions that affect workers' health. There is growing evidence that …. Recent studies show that as immigration rises, native workers are pushed into less demanding jobs. Such market adjustments …
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Restricting immigration to young and skilled immigrants using a point system, as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand …
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Israel perceives the immigration of Jews as one of its major goals and thus it applies no selection rules towards them …. Jewish immigration to Israel hailed from Arab countries as well as European countries. While immigration has shaped the rate … consequences of immigration particularly interesting and there is a comprehensive literature on various aspects of Jewish …
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demand and technology, production expansion, and specialization of native workers as immigration rises. …
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study the effect high skill immigration on productivity. Using a unique data set on manufacturing firms, I investigate …
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In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask … flexible labor markets in a country are a key factor to have employment upgrading in response to immigration. …
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In this chapter, we analyze immigration and its effect on urban and regional economies focusing on productivity and … labor markets. While immigration policies are typically national, the effects of international migrants are often more … our analysis of the local effects of immigration, and we describe several applications. We then discuss the empirical …
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showed very high immigration rates and dramatic changes in the skill composition of immigrants. In addition, the recent … influence of a reduction on immigration restrictions on immigrants from European countries in comparison to those from other …
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Literature on the immigrant labour market mismatch has not explored the signal provided by the quality of home country work experience, particularly that of education-occupation mismatch prior to migration.We show that type of work experience in the home country plays a significant role in...
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The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a randomized lottery. We evaluate the marginal impact of the quota on firms entering the 2021 H-2B visa lottery using a novel survey and pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously...
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