We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of …

In this paper we document the impact of immigration at the regional level on Europeans' political preferences as … consistent with the impact of immigration on individual political preferences, which we estimate using longitudinal data, and on … opinions about immigrants. Conversely, immigration did not affect electoral turnout. Simulations based on the estimated …

The ageing of the population presents a major fiscal challenge for the countries of Europe. The combination of … increased immigration would do little to reduce the future fiscal burden. The increased revenue from a large rise in immigration …

immigration as a tool to counter the negative impact of population ageing on economic growth and the pressure on public funds …. While we know that immigration alone cannot solve the problem of population ageing, it can be an important policy instrument …

We estimate the effect of immigrant flows on native employment in Western Europe, and then ask whether the employment … consequences of immigration vary with institutions that affect labor market flexibility. Reduced flexibility may protect natives … increase the negative impact of immigration on equilibrium employment. In models without interactions, OLS estimates for a …

into the United States and Europe, with the coming three decades, which will see sharp reductions in labor-supply growth in … markedly. Europe, in contrast, will face substantial demographically driven migration pressures from across the Mediterranean …

Over the years, there emerged two key policy differences between Europe and America, both welfare and migration …