We compare the earnings and the intergenerational earnings mobility of immigrants with natives in Sweden. We find an … overall convergence in average earnings between immigrants and natives across generations. This convergence hides a divergence …

questioned whether unfavorable trends in African-American wages and employment outcomes are tied to Mexican immigration. This … source of depression of wages for African-Americans stems not just from immigration. In fact, in some ways, occupation … clustering and specialization of Mexican immigrants mitigates impact of immigration on African-Americans on a whole range of low …

-Americans. The immigration process selects black immigrants who have or who would have achieved middle income or higher status in …

If immigration causes a decrease in social cohesion, then it may also be an important contributing factor in the recent … failure of financial institutions. The present analysis finds some evidence for a negative relationship between immigration … counterpoint, lending support to the alternative idea that immigration does not in fact decrease social cohesion. …

natives and that there is no return to pre-immigration work experience, suggesting imperfect transferability of human capital … immigrants and natives. It is the first paper analysing this topic using data drawn from the Italian Labour Force Survey, a large … findings suggest that, contrary to what is observed for natives, immigrants' human capital does not contribute to getting …