education and employment. As of yet, mainstream economics has not dealt in any systematic way with this phenomenon and its … 'instrumentally' to prevent their partners from entering employment or from increasing hours of work. The model predicts a non …

Immigration may impact income distribution both by affecting the skill composition of a country's residents, and, by … focus primarily on factor prices. We first consider the economic theory of the impact of immigration on factor prices and … immigration on the native income distribution. We then survey the evidence on this question for several countries, and conclude by …

provide new evidence on the determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration, using data from the 2005 and 2010 waves … about immigration. This effect cannot be explained just by concerns that immigrants are competing with oneself in the labor … market. Instead, it appears that people who feel that they have not got what they deserve in life oppose immigration for …

. However, the growth impact of immigration is small even in countries that have highly selective migration policies …

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …

directly by employers, take vacant jobs, and display employment and participation rates of close to 100 per cent. Our paper … suggests that, in general, the impact of immigration on labor market conditions depends critically on the way immigrants are …

We study immigration policy in a small receiving economy under self-selection of migrants. We show that a non …-discriminatory immigration policy choice affects and is affected by the migratory decisions of skilled and unskilled foreign workers. From this … interaction multiple equilibria may arise, which are driven by the natives' expectations on the welfare effects of immigration. In …

This paper investigates regional or international transfers as a means to prevent immigration into unemployment. We …