of such effect our model shows that increasing deportation rates and tightening border control weakens the low … immigrants, especially illegal ones, have a worse outside option than natives their wages are lower. Hence their presence reduces …-skilled labor markets, increasing unemployment of native low skilled. Legalization, instead decreases the unemployment rate of low …

wages, and changes in U.S. immigration policies are all candidate explanations for increasing labor flows from Mexico …In this paper, I selectively review recent literature on illegal migration from Mexico to the United States. I begin by … United States and Mexico are hardly a new phenomenon, yet illegal migration from Mexico did not reach high levels until …

) immigration from Mexico has a minimal impact on wages in U.S. border cities …In this paper, we examine the impact of government enforcement of the U.S.-Mexican border on wages in the border … regions of the United States and Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol polices U.S. boundaries, seeking to apprehend any individual …

obtain an education because of its effect on future earnings. Individuals differ in their initial income levels. Mexico doesn … United States, but Mexican population growth and productivity gains induced by liberalization will make the Mexico of the … future much larger than today, especially in those sectors that use intensively Mexico's abundant low-skilled labor …

This paper explores the relationship between wages and foreign investment in Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States … countries: higher levels of foreign investment are associated with higher wages. In Mexico and Venezuela, foreign investment was … associated with higher wages only for foreign-owned firms -- there is no evidence of wage spillovers leading to higher wages for …

What are the economic impacts of a border wall between the United States and Mexico? We use detailed data on bilateral … wall between the United States and Mexico from 2007 to 2010 affected migration. We use these effects to estimate a general …

future wages, the union achieves efficient hiring in the long run, but hikes up wages in the short run to appropriate rents …