This paper focuses on three large Continental European countries: France, Germany, and Italy. These countries have …

increased immigration would do little to reduce the future fiscal burden. The increased revenue from a large rise in immigration …

social security and migration. We characterize sub-game perfect Markov equilibria where immigration policy and pay … demonstrate that the older is the native born population the more likely is that the immigration policy is liberalized and the …

the economics of immigration. For the US, it has been difficult to answer this question for the period when the … immigration rate was at its historical peak, between the 1840s and 1920s. We develop new datasets of linked census records for …

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 …

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

How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration …

century for the US, Japan, UK, Germany and France, and a shorter sample covering the last third of the twentieth century for …