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On What States Do Prices Depend? Answers From Ecuador

Benedict, Craig - 2016

In this paper, we argue that differences in the cost structure across sectors play an important role in the decision of firms to adjust their prices. We develop a menu-cost model of pricing in which retail firms intermediate trade between producers and consumers. An important facet of our...

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Opening the Door : Migration and Self-Selection in a Restrictive Legal Immigration Regime

Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2020

We examine how the large, one-time legalization authorized by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) has … affected the scale and character of immigration to the U.S. since the late 1980s. Exploiting cross-country variation in the …

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Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions

Lewis, Ethan - 2014

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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The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers : Evidence from a Randomized Lottery

Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

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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