The paper provides an overview on recent trends of immigration in OECD countries and on the possible effects of … immigration on labour markets and government budgets. It also discusses migration policies from an economic point of view. By …

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 …

This article studies the impact of immigration restriction policies on technology adoption in sending countries. From … Quota Act, a severely restrictive immigration law. In a difference-in-differences setting, we exploit variation in exposure …

immigration literature. Empirical quantifications for the U.S. reveal that the indirect fiscal benefit of one low … has previously been documented. This challenges the perception of low-skilled immigration as a fiscal burden. …

immigration hurts people already in the country regardless of whether or not non-traded goods exist. The presence of international …

Immigration policies in western democracies have often been contrary to the policies predicted by the mainstream theory … defection from worker-supported political-establishment parties to new-entrant anti-immigration political candidates and parties …