Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an …

framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating … policy interventions are explained and the specific case of immigration policy is analyzed. It becomes transparent that the … evaluation of the effect of immigration policy is a particularly complex task since it requires unusually strong assumptions to …

This paper analyzes the issues of immigration and outsourcing in a general-equilibrium model of international factor … mobility. In our model, legal immigration is controlled through a quota, while outsourcing is determined both by the firms (in … response to market conditions) and through policy-imposed barriers. A loosening of the immigration quota reduces outsourcing …

This paper analyzes the political sustainability of the welfare state in an environment where immigration is the main … demographic force and where governments are able to influence the size and skill composition of immigration flows. Specifically, I … present a dynamic political-economy model where both income redistribution and immigration policy are chosen by majority vote …

The purpose in this paper is to survey the course of immigration into Denmark and research and studies related to the … paper goes on to survey immigration policy and available evidence regarding the labour market integration of both 1. and 2 … situation. Finally, the paper summarizes available results regarding the impact on public finances from immigration. …

Immigration is one of the most hotly debated policy issues in the United States today. Despite marked divergence of … opinions within political parties, several important immigration reforms were introduced in the post 1965 era. The purpose of … this paper is to systematically analyze the drivers of congressional voting behavior on immigration policy during the …

While anecdotal evidence suggests that interest groups play a key role in shaping immigration, there is no systematic … the total number of immigrants and H1B visas with data on lobbying expenditures associated with immigration. We find … robust evidence that both pro- and anti-immigration interest groups play a statistically significant and economically …