This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse … the German-speaking region of Switzerland affect outcomes in the labour market, or whether economic interactions are …

A previous result by Kemnitz (2001) based on AK type endogenous growth model implied that the gains from immigration … Romer (1991), it is shown that immigration entails Pareto improvement even when immigrants posses no physical capital in …

This paper revisits the puzzle of immigration policy: standard economic theory predicts that free immigration improves … the puzzle? We first review the model of immigration policy where the policy maker maximizes national income of natives … net of the tax burden of immigration (Borjas, 1995). We show that this model fails to provide realistic policy outcomes …

This paper examines the impact of immigration on labour productivity in Canada. Immigration is a factor that has been … census). It is estimated that immigration accounts for 2.23 percentage points, or about a fifth, of the 10.96 percentage …

Despite recent interest in regionalization of immigration in host nations, most studies have analyzed immigrants …

This publication provides an estimate of the fiscal burden created by recent immigration into Canada and proposes … growing fiscal burden from immigration, the study proposes that temporary work visas be granted to applicants who have a valid …