This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in … the U.S. Minimum wage increases might have larger effects among low-skilled immigrants than among natives because, on … average, immigrants earn less than natives due to lower levels of education, limited English skills, and less social capital …

-Hispanic whites and blacks, particularly before the onset of the recent recession. The influx of large numbers of immigrants partially …

This paper examines whether allowing certain undocumented immigrants to legalize their status leads to additional … million undocumented immigrants. We find that apprehensions of persons attempting to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border … declined immediately following passage of the law but returned to normal levels during the period when illegal immigrants could …

Recent media and government reports suggest that immigrants are more likely to hold jobs with worse working conditions … than U.S.-born workers, perhaps because immigrants work in jobs that "natives don’t want." Despite this widespread view …, earlier studies have not found immigrants to be in riskier jobs than natives. This study combines individual-level data from …

immigrants from Latin America, who compose the bulk of undocumented foreign-born workers in the U.S. The crackdown on use of … find a negative impact after 9/11 on earnings and hours worked among recent male Hispanic immigrants vis-à-vis natives and … a negative effect on employment, hours worked, and earnings vis-à-vis Hispanic immigrants who had been in the U …

immigrants and natives compared with non-Hispanic whites and blacks. We focus on adults who have not finished high school and on …, although it is smaller for foreign- than native-born Latinos. Adult Latino immigrants are less affected by minimum wage laws …

Do immigrants have a higher demand for large denominated banknotes than natives? This study examines whether cash …-to-native ratio. Controlling for a range of socio-economic indicators across 250 Swiss cities, European immigrants in Switzerland are … CHF 1000 notes holds irrespective of the European immigrants' country of origin. Hoarding of large denominated banknotes …