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 …, mostly immediate family. There is little evidence that the legalization increased subsequent unauthorized migration; in fact …

places. This paper seeks to understand the labor market implications of allowing free migration across borders, with … particular reference to the EU. The aim is to quantify the migration flows associated with EU enlargement, and to analyze the …

We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration … among natives. Next, we unpack the channels behind the political effects of immigration, distinguishing between economic and …

Can history shed light on the modern debate about immigration's labor market impact in high wage economies? This paper … examines the relationship between migration and capital flows in the age of mass migration before 1914, the so-called first … global century. It then assesses the effects of immigration on wages and employment with and without international capital …

immigration policies of the two countries began to diverge considerably: the United States stressing family reunification and …

the economics of immigration. For the US, it has been difficult to answer this question for the period when the … immigration rate was at its historical peak, between the 1840s and 1920s. We develop new datasets of linked census records for …