Although economic theory predicts an inverse relation between relative wages and immigration-induced supply shifts, it … increase existing estimates of the wage impact of immigration …

relation between immigration and international trade in varieties--that is, the trade of particular goods from particular … geographic areas. We consider the case of Canada, document its impressive experience with import variety growth in the period … from 1988 to 2007, and relate this variety growth to the process of immigration. We find that import varieties grew 76 …

distribution. We test and confirm these implications using a survey of recent immigrants into Canada. We develop a simple …

Canadian immigrants at the time of immigration fall short of the earnings of comparable Canadian-born individuals, and (2 … recent changes in Canadian immigration policy, labor market discrimination against visible minorities, and the prolonged …

Over 12 million persons migrated to Canada or the United States between 1959 and 1981. Beginning in the mid?1960s, the … immigration policies of the two countries began to diverge considerably: the United States stressing family reunification and … Canada stressing skills. This paper shows that the point system used by Canada generated, on average, a more skilled …

of emigration as well as immigration. We focus on Europe and compare the outcomes for large Western European countries … inequality because of emigration. Whereas, contrary to the popular belief, immigration had nearly equal but opposite effects … are misplaced; immigration has had a positive average wage effect on native workers. Some concerns should be focused on …

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … immigration does not, but rather reduces the share of offshored jobs instead. Moreover, since both phenomena have a positive "cost …

Past studies of the empirical relationship between immigration and crime during the first major wave of immigration …