Implicit values of amenities and the quality of life in an area can be measured by differences in “real wages” across … areas, where real wages are computed as nominal wages adjusted for the cost of living. Computing cost of living differences … life estimates for U.S. metropolitan areas using, alternatively, rents and housing values. We find that the two measures of …

We analyze the impact of immigration on the host country within a search and matching model that allows for skill … although immigration raises the overall welfare,it may have distributional effects. Specifically, skilled workers gain in terms … of both employment and wages. Unskilled workers, on the other hand, gain in terms of employment but may lose in terms of …

establishing themselves and their children in comparison with immigrants in the traditional immigration countries, like the USA. …

Since 2002, the British Government department responsible for immigration, the Home Office, has claimed immigrants pay … involves answering a number of subsidiary questions about what can and cannot be debited to immigration. The four main … subsidiary questions are thus. 1. Should the cost of educating immigrants’ children (£7.6bn a year) be attributed to immigration …