. As a further contribution, we study the interaction between the optimal immigration policy of the host country and …

capital with two dimensions of immigration policy: restrictiveness, and selectivity. The model predicts that the relationship … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The … effect of education is more likely to be positive when the immigration policy is more restrictive and less skill …

We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991-2000 and 2001-2010) and of the post … channels of transmission of immigration shocks - the employment and wage effects, the fiscal effect, and the market size effect …-country heterogeneity in the economic benefits from immigration. …

In this paper, we simulate the labor market effects of net immigration and emigration during the 1990's in all OECD … wage effects of immigration and emigration. We use a range of parameter values spanning most of the estimates in the … literature. In all cases we find that immigration had a positive effect on the wage of less educated natives. It also increased …

This paper examines the economic impact of the second great immigration wave (1945-2000) on the US economy. Contrary to … recent studies, we estimate that immigration induced important net gains and small redistributive effects among natives. Our … method to calibrate the model on historical data and then consider two counterfactual variants: a cutoff of all immigration …

This chapter focuses on the effects of skilled migration on developing countries. We first present new evidence on the …

for education, immigration, and international taxation policies in a global context. -- brain drain ; international …