This paper quantitatively investigates the short- and long-run effects of liberalizing global migration on the world … distribution of income. We develop and parametrize a dynamic model of the world economy with endogenous migration, fertility and … are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases by …

state regulations to investigate how minimum wages affect the labor market impact of immigration. We find that the effects … of immigration on labor market outcomes of native workers within a given state-skill cell are more negative in U … immigration as well as state minimum wages, and to implementing a difference-in-differences strategy comparing U.S. States where …

migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 … migration for low-skilled migrants. Results are robust to the inclusion of sending and destination country fixed effects … main destination countries in 2000 and show that country pairs with larger genetic distances exhibit more selected migrant …

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 …

We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade … more likely to be supported by a simultaneous referendum on trade and migration than in one on trade alone? The key to our … analysis is the recognition that for free trade, migration, or trade and migration to be adopted, the relevant policy must pass …

higher taxes than coordination. We identify a fiscal externality (fiscal leakage) that causes tax rates (on both labor and … capital), and the volume of migration (of both skill types), to be higher in the competitive regime than in the coordinated … positive if the (state variable) the capital stock is within a certain range, or zero, otherwise. Migration share of native …

suggests that, in general, the impact of immigration on labor market conditions depends critically on the way immigrants are …We analyze the impact of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and permanent immigrants on interprovincial mobility in …-matching framework (Pissaridès, 1985, 2000) in a migration model à la Harris and Todaro (1970). We find that the inflow of TFWs into a …

factor mobility (such as capital). However, in this paper we emphasize the unique feature of labor migration, that may … nullify the'race to the bottom' hypothesis. Labor migration is governed not only by net-of-tax factor rewards, but rather … productivity) engage in fiscal competition. Using numerical simulations we examine how the migration and tax policies are shaped …

foreign workers and also admitting an inefficiently large number of permanent migrants, but not enough to fill any labor … though it increases migrant wages and lowers individual firm’s profits. We also demonstrate the existence of multiple … equilibria: some countries have mostly temporary migration programs and see a low degree of cultural assimilation by the migrants …

to higher concentration of low-skill migrants. Interestingly, diasporas explain majority of the variability of migration …Migration flows are shaped by a complex combination of self-selection and out-selection mechanisms. In this paper, we …-capital structure of current migration flows. Our analysis exploits a bilateral data set on international migration by educational …