distribution of immigration elasticities of imports and exports across 48 studies that yielded 300 observations. The results show … that immigration complements rather than substitutes for trade flows between host and origin countries. Correcting for … the data (cross-section or panel) and the estimation technique. Elasticities vary between countries in ways that cannot be …

We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …

immigration due to its apparently unbearable social and political costs. However these costs are never measured and made … comparable across countries. In this paper we first discuss theoretically how tradable immigration quotas (TIQs) can reveal … countries and other immigration targets. Both applications are seen as possible precursors to a full implementation of a TIQs …

This paper examines the relationship between immigration and crime in a setting where large migration flows offer an … consider possible crime effects from two large waves of immigration that recently occurred in the UK. The first of these was …

from British Social Attitudes Surveys. It therefore covers the period when immigration as a whole has increased and the … refugees. This suggests that rising levels of immigration and asylum, a political discourse which positioned asylum as a … display the most tolerant views both before and after the increase in immigration and asylum. However, characteristics such as …

This study investigates the effects of the macroeconomic context on attitudes to immigration. Earlier studies do in … estimation bias caused by country-specific factors. The present study instead analyzes attitude variation within countries over … immigration. As an illustration, the estimates indicate that the number of individuals in the average European country in 2012 who …

There is strong public opposition to increased immigration throughout Europe. Given the modest economic impacts of … immigration estimated in most studies, the depth of antiimmigrant sentiment is puzzling. Immigration, however, does not just … and compositional concerns in driving opinions about immigration policy. The ESS included a unique battery of questions on …

We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages … to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment rate …