In this paper, we explore employers' decisions regarding the employment of legal and illegal immigrants in the presence … of endogenous adjustment cost, minimum wages and an enforcement budget. We show that increasing the employment of legal … foreign workers will increase the number of illegal immigrants which will replace the employment of the local population and …

the long-run viability of society as a whole. One possible solution is to permit more immigration, which will both … increase the labor force and broaden the tax base. Increasing immigration has a variety of effects on the local population …, which vary according to age and wealth. One of these is the threat to local social norms and culture since immigrants tend …

In this paper, we estimate differences in examination behavior between immigrants and natives, by examining differences …-taking, and discipline. We find that immigrants are about 2 percentage points more likely to retake a passed exam than natives …

how culture manifests itself in the migration process for three groups of actors: the migrants, those remaining in the …

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local population to the migrants and their willingness to accept the …

locals and immigrants to intermarry influences the culture and the national identity of the host country. We use a search …-theoretic approach to show that, even in situations where migrants and natives prefer to marry within their own community, the search … process may lead to intermarriage. The exogamy can take on two forms: either migrants and natives each hold on to their own …

dropout rate and age of arrival of the immigrants. Using repeated cross sectional data from the Israeli Labor Force Surveys of …, quality of education and wages …

Some immigrants try to keep their ethnicity hidden while others become ever deeply more mired in their home culture. We … argue that among immigrants this struggle manifests itself in the ethnic goods they choose to consume. Different types of …

, separation or marginalization. A large body of literature has emerged examining the effects of immigrants' characteristics (age …