their levels of immigration. Because of complementarities between capital and labor, the return on capital is positively … related to the level of immigration. Consequently, when capital is immobile, host nations' optimal levels of immigration are … on capital is a function of the levels of immigration in both countries, meaning that immigration is a public good. As a …

This paper analyzes the structure of hiring costs of skilled workers in Germany. Using detailed and representative firm …

postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities … immigration …

immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and …

immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant increases in immigration in recent years and this study uses …A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in … individuals on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor health than …

Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of … ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A … sectors, predicts that immigration boosts output per worker by expanding the high-productivity sector, but decreases output …

explanatory variable in a study of European bilateral migration flows to Germany between 2006 and 2012. We show that, while …