Immigrants ascend to citizenship at differential rates in Canada. Why is this so? This paper investigates the economic …

Canada’s treasury circa 1996 over their life cycle. Naturalized citizens from OECD countries contributed the largest public …

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 …

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of … simulations we evaluate the effects of immigration on the size and quality of Spain's public education. Our main findings are as …

This paper investigates the effects of Spain's large recent immigration wave on the labor supply of highly skilled … native women. We hypothesize that female immigration led to an increase in the supply of affordable household services, such … family responsibilities. Our evidence indicates that over the last decade immigration led to an important expansion in the …

this acquired human capital in the niche area (Quebec) or the rest of Canada (ROC). The individual move stay-decision in … migration decision for both the foreignborn and Canadian-born populations in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. …

Borjas thesis that self-selection and not immigration policy sorts immigrants between Canada and the U.S. …This paper explores the relative success of ethnic and immigrant Ukrainians in Canada and in the United States. We … Ukrainian immigrants in Canada. Ukrainian immigrants to the U.S. are overachievers relative to all groups, which sheds light on …

This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main … demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows. Specifically, I … present a dynamic political-economy model where both income redistribution and immigration policy are chosen by majority vote …

We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over … the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration … wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across Spanish provinces and construct an instrument based on the historical …