some studies suggesting that migrants are miserable in their new locations. Observational studies are potentially biased by … the self-selection of migrants so a natural experiment is used to compare successful and unsuccessful applicants to a …

The 1996 Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act barred states from giving unlawful residents postsecondary education …

The recent impetus of tougher immigration-related measures passed at the state-level raises concerns about the impact …

Learning about the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives is a topic of major concern for … immigrant-receiving countries. There exists an extensive literature evaluating the impact of immigration on the employment and … of immigration on native workers. Instead, using data from Spain, where the immigrant population has risen from 4 percent …

Immigration policy continues to be at the forefront of policy discussions, and the use of welfare benefits by … comprehensive immigration reform, particularly the components related to the path to citizenship and access to public benefits. …

differences between each migrant’s actual years of education and the estimated typical years of education in the narrowly defined … occupation in which they work. We find that migrants living in New Zealand for less than 5 years are on average overeducated …, while earlier migrants are on average undereducated. However, once accounting for heterogeneity, we find that both …