We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … characterized by considerable differences in labor market institutions and welfare states. Institutions such as collective … shocks, and, hence, the labor market effects of immigration. We employ a wage-setting approach which assumes that wages …

local workers and migrants can invest effort in assimilation activities in order to increase the assimilation of the … size (in the firm) of each group and the cost of activities, has on the assimilation process of the migrants. …

Immigration policy design is an important and controversial topic in most developed countries. We inform this debate by … training and subsidized employment. Non-compliance is sanctioned by reductions in welfare benefits. Our empirical strategy …

Immigration policy design is an important and controversial topic in most developed countries. We inform this debate by … training and subsidized employment. Non-compliance is sanctioned by reductions in welfare benefits. Our empirical strategy …

This paper reviews the recent evidence on U.S. immigration, focusing on two key questions: (1) Does immigration reduce … the labor market opportunities of less-skilled natives? (2) Have immigrants who arrived after the 1965 Immigration Reform … from immigration and the rise of other education-related wage gaps. Overall, evidence that immigrants have harmed the …

' dependence on the welfare state. On the other hand, illegal migrants could play an important role in the assimilation of the … assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local population to the migrants and their willingness to accept the …

, and ethnic self-identification, the method classifies that individual into one of four states: assimilation, integration …

ethnic goods have vastly different effects on immigrant assimilation. We develop a simple theoretical model useful for … capturing the consequences of this struggle, illustrating it with examples of Central Asian assimilation into the Muscovite …

culture will not survive over time. In the second case the local culture will survive. We show the conditions for assimilation … versus no assimilation between the groups. …

This paper evaluates the welfare impact of observed levels of migration and remittances in both origins and … and thus higher welfare, all else equal. Because of this effect, natives in countries that received a lot of migration â … results show that the welfare impact of observed levels of migration is substantial, at about 5 to 10% for the main receiving …