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Immigration restrictions as active labor market policy : evidence from the Mexican bracero exclusion
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan; Postel, Hannah M. - 2017
-market effects, but empirical tests are scarce. We study a natural experiment that excluded almost half a million Mexican 'bracero …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607505
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The effect of occupational visas on native employment : evidence from labor supply to farm jobs in the Great Recession
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation – which is rarely directly measured – even if native and foreign labor are perfect substitutes in production. This paper uses two natural quasi-experiments to directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607330
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? : a comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2014
The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an optimal currency area. It is of particular interest currently in the context of high and rising levels of labour market disparities, in particular within the Eurozone where there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238890
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? : a comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2018
We estimate whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798141
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Heterogeneous human capital and migration : who migrates from Mexico to the US?
Caponi, Vincenzo (contributor) - 2006
Mexican and US Censuses, and use the calibrated model for policy evaluation. I evaluate the long run effect of the Progresa … to school at lower grades, the Mexican government will improve the educational distribution of future generations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499528
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U.S. border enforcement and the net flow of Mexican illegal migration
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor) - 2005
This paper investigates the effect of U.S. border enforcement on the net flow of Mexican undocumented migration. It … illegal Mexican migrants. The econometric model accounts for the endogeneity of border controls using the Drug Enforcement … Administration budget as an instrumental variable. Both the inflow and outflow of illegal Mexican migration are highly sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011502
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Gender differences in cooperative environments? : evidence from the U.S. congress
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2016
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential selection of female representatives into electoral districts with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521132
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Special interest groups versus voters and the political economics of attention
Balles, Patrick; Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - 2018
Asymmetric information between voters and legislative representatives poses a major challenge to the functioning of representative democracy. We examine whether representatives are more likely to serve long-term campaign donors instead of constituents during times of low media attention to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949175
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Temporary work visas as US-Haiti development cooperation : a preliminary impact evaluation
Clemens, Michael A.; Postel, Hannah - 2017
We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the United States in the context of a pilot program designed as a form of post-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612941
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On the potential interaction between labour market institutions and immigration policies
Cigagna, Claudia; Sulis, Giovanni - 2015
Using data on migration flows for a sample of 15 OECD countries over the period 1980-2006, we analyse the effect of unemployment and labour institutions such as employment protection legislation, coverage of unemployment benefits, minimum wages, union power and tax wedge on migration flows. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515292