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We review the growing literature on the political economy of immigration. First, we discuss the effects of immigration … among natives. Next, we unpack the channels behind the political effects of immigration, distinguishing between economic and …
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We study the long-run career mobility of young immigrants, mostly refugees, from Vietnam who moved to the United States during 1989-1995. This third and final migration wave of young Vietnamese immigrants was sparked by unexpected events that culminated in the Amerasian Homecoming Act....
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How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration …
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In this study, we first evaluate the effect of a significant increase in low-skilled immigration in Korean … natives moving for work-related and non-work-related reasons. Using a change in immigration policy and the pre …-existing networks of immigrants to construct an instrument for immigration across Korean municipalities, we find that locations …
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Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic impact, and policy levers....
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Two million Mexicans were granted lawful permanent residency in the U.S. under the Immigration Reform and Control Act …
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using variation from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Our empirical approach compares trends in birth …
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historical flows of German, Norwegian, and domestic migrants in the US and document that climate sorting also holds within …
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immigration. We document the importance of this selection bias in the French labor market, where women accounted for a rapidly … change the wage of French women, but led to a sizable decline in their employment rate. In contrast, immigration had little … between immigration and female wages arises partly because the native women who left the labor force had relatively low wages …
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