This paper explores the effects of high and low skilled immigration to a hostcountry with unionized low skilled labor and an unemployment insurancescheme. It is shown that the consequences for the labor market and the welfareof natives depend crucially on the host country's production structure....

There is robust field data showing that a frequent and successful way of looking fora job is via the intermediation of friends and relatives. Here we want to explore thisexperimentally. Participants first play a simple public good game with two interactionpartners ("friends"), and share whatever...

In this paper, job mobility is analyzed with microdata on job turnover intentionsfrom a single survey covering 25 countries. Making reference to the vast psychology literatureon this topic, it is argued that these intentions are good predictors for actual turnovers. Sincecross-national evidence...