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Immigration, Search, and Redistribution: A Quantitative Assessment of Native Welfare

Battisti, Michele; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peri, Giovanni; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study the effects of immigration on native welfare in a general equilibrium model featuring two skill types, search … studied, immigration attenuates the effects of search frictions. These gains tend to outweigh the welfare costs of … redistribution. Immigration has increased native welfare in almost all countries. Both high-skilled and low-skilled natives benefit …

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Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data

Foged, Mette; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

(especially the young and low-tenured ones) to pursue less manual-intensive occupations. As a result immigration had positive …

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Immigrants and Firms' Productivity: Evidence from France

Mitaritonna, Cristina; Orefice, Gianluca; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

find a positive effect of immigration on wages of natives and on specialization of natives in complex occupations, that is …

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The Role of Income and Immigration Policies in Attracting International Migrants

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

the period 1980-2006. We also collect data on time-varying immigration policies that regulate the entry of immigrants for …

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Migration, Trade and Income

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper explores the relationship between openness to trade, immigration, and income per person across countries. To … predictors of openness to immigration and to trade for each country by using information on bilateral geographical and cultural … to immigration on long-run income per capita. In contrast, we are unable to establish an effect of trade openness on …

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Immigrants, Household Production and Women's Retirement

Peri, Giovanni; Romiti, Agnese; Rossi, Mariacristina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Women contribute disproportionately to household production, especially in Southern European countries. As a consequence of population aging assistance to elderly parents, rather than child care, has become a prevalent activity in home-production services. Immigrant labor has increasingly become...

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Foreign Scientists and Engineers and Economic Growth in Canadian Labor Markets

Peri, Giovanni; Shih, Kevin Y. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this paper we analyze the impact of foreign-born workers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) on employment and wages in Canadian geographical areas during the period 1991-2006. Canadian policies select immigrants with a strong emphasis on high educational...

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Isolating the Network Effect of Immigrants on Trade

Aleksynska, Mariya; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Within the migration-trade nexus literature, this paper proposes a more carefully defined measure of migration business networks, and quantifies its impact on bilateral trade. Using cross-sectional data and controlling for the overall bilateral stock of migrants, the share of migrants employed...

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The Selection of Migrants and Returnees in Romania: Evidence and Long-Run Implications

Ambrosini, J. William; Mayr, Karin; Peri, Giovanni; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper uses census and survey data to identify the wage earning ability and the selection of recent Romanian migrants and returnees. We construct measures of selection across skill groups and estimate the average and the skill-specific premium for migration and return for three typical...

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