Immigration is sometimes claimed to be a key contributor to economic growth. Few academic studies, however, examine the … direct link between immigration and growth. And the evidence on the outcomes that the literature does examine (such as the … what we know about the relationship between immigration and growth. The canonical Solow model implies that a one …

We show a causal impact of immigration on innovation and growth in US counties. To identify the causal impact of … immigration, we use 130 years of detailed data on migrations from foreign countries to US counties to isolate quasi … county in recent decades. We show immigration has a positive causal impact on innovation, measured as patenting of local …

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 …

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 …

Beginning with the 1996 federal welfare reform law many of the central safety net programs in the U.S. eliminated … eligibility not only for cash welfare assistance for families with children, but also for food stamps, Medicaid, SCHIP, and SSI …

: immigration stimulated job creation, and the complexity of jobs offered to new native hires was higher relative to the complexity …