This paper combines two of the most central features of modern labor markets - immigrants and unions - to examine the … firms and the careers of incumbent workers. First, unions push immigrants to enter lower-paying and lower-quality firms with …

prior estimates by including ripple effects beyond the wages earned or taxes paid directly by migrants. The sharp reduction …

who are proficient in the local dialect earn lower wages than those who are not. We also find that workers with better … dialect skills are more likely to settle for lower wages in exchange for social insurance. We hypothesize that they are doing … work. Further tests show that the phenomenon of "exchanging wages for social insurance participation" is more pronounced …

provinces of origin. We find no systemic differences by province of origin in the hourly wages of male and female migrants …

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we identify the partial correlation between workplace wages … and the percentage of migrants employed at a workplace. We find wages are lower in workplaces employing a higher …

To what extent is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that the … unions. The challenge will be particularly severe if immigrant competition affects natives' propensity to unionize. We …