The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …

and non-random hiring. Since they accept lower wages, firms obtain a higher match surplus from hiring immigrants rather …. Whether job creation or competition is the dominating effect depends on the size of the induced fall in expected wages paid by … terms of both employment and wages for native workers. In contrast, documented immigration leads to a fall in natives …

with high-skilled and low-skilled labor. I address wage and welfare effects under flexible wages, and under a minimum wage …