relative net demand shock against the low skilled (like the US) during this period. It turns out that only workers with an … educational level below apprenticeship were affected by such a shock. Furthermore, I test whether wages reacted flexibly to this … shock and find that they were rigid, which can explain the relative unemployment increase for this group. Finally, I test …

the effects of an immigration shock on labor demand by testing a general equilibrium model in which imperfectly … substitutable native and immigrant workers spend their wages on a locally produced good. The shock induces three responses: (i) a … can fall, stay the same or rise, depending upon the strength of the shock and various product and factor market …

structural models in the general case where the model might contain more than one permanent structural shock. It provides a …

Australia, is used to test the model. This survey had three waves, at about 6 months, 18 months and 3? years after immigration … used across waves. The hypotheses are supported by the data. The bivariate probit analysis indicates a positive correlation …

for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of …

concentrated. Testing the model for Australia shows that the extent of geographic concentration of immigrant groups is negatively … related to age at migration, duration of residence in Australia and the proportion of the birthplace group that is fluent in … the country of origin and the place of residence in Australia. …

tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical … includes data on pre-immigration occupation, the ?first? occupation in Australia (at 6 months) and the occupation after about 3 ….5 years in Australia. The hypotheses are supported by the empirical analysis. …