This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong … associated with Eastern enlargement drawing on a time series model of immigration to Germany, which allows to estimate the long …

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 policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of … essentially on how immigration is perceived to affect wages and net welfare benefits. Specifically, I find that, when immigrants …

In the last three decades, the population of Amsterdam has been 'coloured' due to immigration flows from abroad and a …

Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an … predictions. -- Immigration ; gender ; selection ; border enforcement …

dramatically. The results indicate that changes in immigration policy may have led to increased human capital endowments that in …