. However, the impact of immigration on natives in self-employment has not been examined, despite the over-representation of … of plausible parameter values, the model predicts small negative effects of immigration on native self-employment rates … and earnings. Using 1980 and 1990 Census microdata, we then examine the relationship between changes in immigration and …

earnings of doctorates in that field who graduated at roughly the same time. A 10 percent immigration-induced increase in the … conditions because of large-scale immigration. …

The theory of factor demand has important implications for the study of the impact of immigration on wages. This paper … theory can be used to check the plausibility of the many contradictory claims that appear throughout the immigration …

Research on the labor market impact of immigration typically relies on a single-good model of production with separable … market impact of immigration. A reasonable level of capital-skill complementarity, for which there is considerable support … outside research on immigration, alone reduces the relative wage impact of immigration by 40 percent compared to simulations …

This paper surveys recent empirical studies on the economic impacts of immigration. The survey first examines the … magnitude of immigration as an economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of … immigrant workers into host-country labor markets and concomitant effects for natives. The paper then turns to immigration …

to lower average employee wages while raising firm profits. …

recent "polarization" of labor demand since the late 1980s. New archival evidence on wages suggests that the demand for high …