we synthesized the conclusions of this empirical literature by means of meta-analyses of the impact of immigration on … wages and employment of native-born workers. While we have shown that the labour market impacts in terms of wages and … market outcomes: wages, employment, unemployment and labour force participation. We compare 45 primary studies published …

outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives? wages … for native workers, we expect that the impact of immigration will be largest immediately upon the immigrants? arrival, and … substitutes for natives because of their lack of local human capital, the initial effect of immigration is small, and the effect …