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period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and …We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … 'flexible' as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration …
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This paper analyzes effects of population aging on the labor market and determines their broad implications for public policy. It takes Germany as an example, but it equally applies to the other large economies in Continental Europe. The paper argues that, alongside the amply discussed,...
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workers with no schooling degree in California were foreign-born in 2004. If immigration harms the labor opportunities of … imperfectly substitutable in production and we exploit differences in immigration across these groups to infer their impact on US … between 1960 and 2004 immigration did not produce a negative migratory response from natives. To the contrary, as immigrants …
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Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it … wages in specific labor markets, little variation remains in the immigrant share. We find significant sampling error in this … increase existing estimates of the wage impact of immigration …
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We show that increasing the probability of obtaining a job offer through a network should raise the observed wages of …
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exports low-skill workers. Second, the two flows have opposing effects on wages: in-migrants lower the wage of competing …
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This paper estimates the effects of immigration on wages of native workers at the national U.S. level. Following Borjas … evaluate the competition as well as cross-skill complementary effects of immigrants on wages. We also emphasize the importance … account for the short run and long run adjustment of capital in response to immigration. Using our estimates and Census data …
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The theory of factor demand has important implications for the study of the impact of immigration on wages. This paper … theory can be used to check the plausibility of the many contradictory claims that appear throughout the immigration …
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Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological …
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empirically investigate the link between firms' choice of worker mix and the implied relationships between productivity and wages …
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