This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing …

The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the adequate technique to identify the impact of immigration …. Initially the regression analysis on the basis of education-experience cells reveals that the impact of immigration on native … classification criterion may lead to an underestimation of the impact of immigration. …

performing different tasks, immigration will cause natives to reallocate their task supply, thereby reducing downward wage … might explain why economic analyses commonly find only modest wage and employment consequences of immigration for less …

in Complex/Non Complex task supply from natives and immigrants we find that immigration does not change much the relative …

While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration policy, there is no … combining information on the number of temporary work visas with data on lobbying activity associated with immigration. We find … robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically …