state regulations to investigate how minimum wages affect the labor market impact of immigration. We find that the effects … immigration as well as state minimum wages, and to implementing a difference-in-differences strategy comparing U.S. States where …We exploit the non-linearity in the level of minimum wages across US States created by the coexistence of federal and …

unions can be desirable for income redistribution. Unions bargain with firms over wages in each sector and firms unilaterally …

-skilled labor increases. This suppresses wages of low-skilled workers and/or increases their unemployment rates. On the other hand … for the years 1970-2004, we document how the volatility of hours worked and of wages of workers at different skill levels …

1976. I find that regional wages decline between 1962 and 1968, before returning to their pre-shock level 15 years after …. While regional wages recovered, this particular supply shock had persistent distributional effects. By increasing the …

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

Many European countries restrict immigration from new EU member countries. The rationale is to avoid adverse wage and …