immigration in the United States (using IPUMS Data), which the related literature has clearly neglected thus far despite long …

positive outside it. Job-specific estimates of this kind are useful alongside more generalized evaluations of immigration … because immigration policy often regulates access to specific occupations. …

participation and creating worker shortages in high-demand industries. In this context, immigration will help reduce costs in key … inequality. Reforms should therefore modestly increase overall immigration over time, while shifting its composition somewhat …

. -- Immigration ; labor supply ; fertility ; assimilation ; gender …

successful in reducing welfare use in general and the immigrant-native welfare gap in particular. -- welfare ; immigration …

data and historical experience. Of course, immigration - like anything else - is not without costs, which are … disproportionately borne by the least educated. A plan to increase employment-based immigration as a way to spur economic growth could be … paired with new programs to help low-skilled U.S. natives and earlier immigrants so that the benefits of immigration are …