Immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before the Civil War were less likely to reside in locations with high immigrant … concentrations as their time in the U.S. increased. This is contrary to the experience of recent immigrants who show no decrease in … concentration after arrival. The reduced isolation of antebellum immigrants was not due to their own movement to places with fewer …

This study examines the occupational mobility of antebellum immigrants as they entered the U.S. White collar, skilled …, and semi-skilled immigrants left unskilled jobs more rapidly after arrival than farmers and unskilled workers. British and … German immigrants fared better than the Irish; literate immigrants in rapidly growing counties and places with many …

examine whether the consumption patterns of immigrants and the native born were significantly different once the effects of … and on liquor and tobacco. Although differences by ethnicity existed, both British and German immigrants to the United …

This paper tests the differential effects of the generosity of the welfare state under free migration and under policy …-country policy regimes in the effects of returns to skills on the skill mix of immigrants …

In this paper we analyze the effect of immigrants on native jobs in fourteen Western European countries. We test … whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased employment rates and/or if it altered the occupational …: immigrants took "simple" (manual-routine) type of occupations and natives moved, in response, toward more "complex" (abstract …

inflows of highly educated immigrants were associated with a change in the vote of citizens away from nationalism. However the … inflow of less educated immigrants was positively associated with a vote shift towards nationalist positions. These effects … were stronger for non-tertiary educated voters and in response to non-European immigrants. We also show that they are …