and mid-1990s. Using a system of equations for unemployment, labor-force participation, the real wage, and the immigration … rate, it is shown that, in the long run, legal and amnestied immigrant workers, and their families, lower the unemployment … rate permanently. In the short run, the arrival of immigrants increases unemployment slightly with an impact similar to …

In recent years, unemployment rates in some ECCU countries have been among the highest globally. This paper evaluates … significantly associated with high structural unemployment, while the global crisis added a cyclical component. Our analysis also … unemployment is related to the phase out of EU preferences on bananas/sugar exports or to a skills mismatch. As expected …