, assimilation of immigrants into US economy and society, and the effect of immigration on the labor market …

Economists are often puzzled by the stronger public opposition to immigration than trade, since the two policies have … similar effects on wages. Unlike trade, however, immigration can alter the composition of the local population, imposing … toward immigration. We use data for 21 countries in the 2002 European Social Survey, which included a series of questions on …

Whether immigrants advance in labor markets relative to natives is a fundamental question in immigration economics. It … is difficult to answer this question for the Age of Mass Migration, when US immigration was at its peak. New datasets of …

This paper reassesses the evidence on the assimilation and the changing labor market skills of immigrants to the United … States. We find strong evidence of labor market assimilation for most immigrant groups. For Asian and Mexican immigrants the … understate the actual rate of assimilation because of the sharp decline in the relative wages of unskilled U.S. workers. We also …

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 …

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … 'flexible' as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration …

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 …

assimilation profiles of married adult immigrant women and men. Women migrating from countries where women have high relative labor … United States to the source country. Men's labor supply assimilation profiles are unaffected by source country female labor …