the labor market impact of immigration, and of the “stylized fact” that immigration might not have much impact on the wage …

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical study of how immigration influences the joint determination of the wage …-2000 decennial censuses, the study shows that immigration is associated with lower in-migration rates, higher out-migration rates … immigration on wages in a local labor market by 40 to 60 percent, depending on whether the labor market is defined at the state or …

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 …

The wage impact of immigration depends crucially on the elasticity of substitution between similarly skilled immigrants …

quality of immigrants' labor market skills declined following changes in Canada's immigration policies in 1974 that led to a …

market impact of immigration. My recent reappraisal (Borjas, 2015) revealed that even the most cursory reexamination implied …

accumulated insights from the literature on the economic impact of immigration. A crucial lesson from that literature is that any …

This paper asks the following question: what was the effect of surging immigration on average and individual wages of U … most of the wage effects of immigration accrue to native workers within a decade. These two facts imply a positive and … significant effect of the 1990-2004 immigration on the average wage of U.S.-born workers overall, both in the short run and in the …

native-born workers specialize in performing complementary tasks, immigration will cause natives to reallocate their task … cleaning, cooking, and building. Immigration causes natives -- who have a better understanding of local networks, rules …. Simulations show that this increased specialization mitigated negative wage consequences of immigration for less-educated native …