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 …

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 …

This paper studies the labor market impact of documented and undocumented immigration in a model with search frictions … than natives. Therefore, immigration results in the creation of additional jobs but also generates more job competition … find that the job creation effect of undocumented immigration dominates its job competition effect and leads to gains in …

This paper explores the effects of high skilled immigration to a host country with unionized low skilled labor and an … unemployment insurance scheme. We show that such immigration can create a negative immigration surplus due to adverse effects on …

We develop a general model of legal and illegal immigration to understand the basic tradeoffs faced by a government in … the decision to implement an immigration amnesty in the presence of a selective immigration policy. We show that two …

bring in migrants …

Recent European legislation on immigration has revealed a particular paradox on migration policies. On the one hand … controls the information related to the immigration stock it could delay the mass entry of immigrants, maintaining the required …