This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong … associated with Eastern enlargement drawing on a time series model of immigration to Germany, which allows to estimate the long …

The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public … in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration - is fundamentally …

Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an …

This paper reviews the evidence on the effects of less-skilled immigration to the U.S., and their implications for … immigration reform. It begins with a review of the costs of less-skilled immigration, in terms of competition to native …-born American workers; and the benefits of such immigration in the form of lower consumer prices, higher employer profits, and …

of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to specialize in those activities where they are strong …, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate goods on the market. Absent trade, people must allocate their time … alleles at all locations. Under trade, there exist long-run equilibria where less fit individuals are able to achieve the same …

In this paper, we re-examine the role of economic self-interest in shaping people’s attitudes towards immigration … education and attitudes towards immigration reflects economic self-interest in the labour market. Second, we develop an … alternative and more direct test of whether economic self-interest matters for people’s attitudes towards immigration. We find …

In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. Between 2001 and 2006 the fraction of the … (relative to population), immigration increased the high school dropout population by 24%, while only increasing the number of … large expansion of employment in high immigration regions. Specifically, most industries in high-immigration regions …